Iran agrees to restart nuclear talks with US; meeting planned for Friday in Istanbul

Tamara Ceaikovski

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has agreed to restart nuclear talks with the US, after weeks of a rhetorical back-and-off sparked by Tehran's deadly crackdown on large-scale protests. He said governments in the region have been concerned by the recent US military build-up in and near the Middle East. A possible Friday meeting between Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Istanbul has been discussed, with delegations from Qatar, Saudi Arabia,