Iran and the United States will resume nuclear talks on Friday in Turkey, Iranian and U.S. officials revealed to newsmen on Monday.
The Regional power United Arab Emirates, urged Iran and the United States on Tuesday to strike a nuclear deal and reach a long-term solution to tensions ahead of the resumption of talks between the foes and regional states, emphasising that the Middle East does not need another war.
U.S. President Donald Trump has warned that with big U.S. warships heading to Iran, “bad things” would probably happen if a deal could not be reached.
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The UAE, a highly influential Gulf Arab power and close U.S. ally, said a long-term solution was needed.
“I think that the region has gone through various calamitous confrontations. I don’t think we need another one, but I would like to see direct Iranian-American negotiations leading to understandings so that we don’t have these issues every other day,” the UAE president’s adviser Anwar Gargash told a panel at the World Governments Summit in Dubai.
U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi will meet in Istanbul in an effort to revive diplomacy over a long-running dispute about Iran’s nuclear programme and dispel fears of a new regional war. A regional diplomat said representatives from countries such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt would also participate.
The U.S. naval buildup near Iran follows a violent crackdown against anti-government demonstrations last month.
Trump, who stopped short of carrying out threats to intervene, has since demanded Tehran make nuclear concessions and sent a flotilla to its coast. He said last week Iran was “seriously talking”, while Tehran’s top security official Ali Larijani said arrangements for negotiations were under way.
Iran’s leadership is increasingly worried as U.S. strike could break its grip on power by driving an already enraged public back onto the streets, according to six current and former officials.
REUTERS