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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour and Aram Roston

Iran enters critical nuclear talks with US insisting deal is within reach

A man walks past an mural in Tehran showing men holding weapons
A mural in Tehran. Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s foreign minister, said the aim for the talks in Geneva was to achieve ‘a fair and just agreement in the shortest possible time’. Photograph: Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA

Iran enters critical talks on its nuclear programme with the US on Thursday, insisting a deal is in reach as long as Washington sticks by its willingness to concede Iran’s symbolic right to enrich uranium, allow Tehran to dilute its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, and not to impose controls on Iran’s ballistic missile programme.

The three preconditions for success are seen as critical by Iranian diplomats, but it remains unclear whether Trump accepts these parameters.

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