US-Iran tensions: Tehran signals readiness for talks amid Trump's pressure

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian connected Tuesday confirmed that helium has ordered the commencement of talks with the United States, provided negotiations instrumentality spot successful an situation “free from threats and unreasonable expectations,” marking Tehran’s clearest awesome yet of willingness to re-engage diplomatically with Washington amid heightened determination tensions.“I person instructed my curate of overseas affairs, provided that a suitable situation exists — 1 escaped from threats and unreasonable expectations — to prosecute just and equitable negotiations,” Pezeshkian said successful a station connected X, adding that the determination followed requests “from affable governments”.Further, helium wrote, "These negotiations shall beryllium conducted wrong the model of our nationalist interests."While Tehran has not officially confirmed the venue, an Arab authoritative quoted by quality bureau AFP said that talks were apt to beryllium held successful Turkey connected Friday pursuing diplomatic interventions by Ankara, arsenic good arsenic Egypt, Oman and Qatar.

US pressure, subject signals and Trump’s warning

The improvement comes arsenic US President Donald Trump has warned that “bad things would happen” if a woody is not reached, adjacent arsenic helium expressed anticipation that Washington and Tehran could “work thing out.” The US has sent an craft bearer onslaught radical to the Middle East pursuing Iran’s convulsive crackdown connected nationwide anti-government protests past month.“We person talks going connected with Iran… and if we could enactment thing out, that’d beryllium great.

And if we can’t, astir apt atrocious things would happen,” Trump said, according to AP.Since returning to the office, Trump has reinstated his “maximum pressure” sanctions argumentation connected Iran, further straining its economy, AFP reported.

Iran’s reddish lines and atomic focus

Tehran has stressed that immoderate talks indispensable stay strictly focused connected the atomic issue, rejecting negotiations implicit its rocket programme oregon defence capabilities. Earlier, Iranian overseas curate Abbas Araghchi told CNN that portion Tehran had mislaid spot successful Washington arsenic a negotiating partner, a woody remained possible.“So I spot the anticipation of different speech if the US dialog squad follows what President Trump said: to travel to a just and equitable woody to guarantee that determination is nary atomic weapons,” Araghchi said.Ali Shamkhani, a apical advisor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, suggested talks could statesman indirectly earlier moving to nonstop engagement if advancement is made. “Iran does not question atomic weapons, volition not question a atomic limb and volition ne'er stockpile atomic weapons,” Shamkhani said, according to AP.

Iran’s absorption to protests and crackdown

The diplomatic opening follows weeks of unrest successful Iran triggered by rising surviving costs, which evolved into nationwide anti-government protests. Iranian authorities person acknowledged implicit 3,000 deaths, claiming astir were information unit oregon bystanders, portion a US-based NGO has enactment the decease toll astatine 6,854, mostly protesters, AFP reported. More than 50,000 arrests person besides been recorded.Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has blamed the unrest connected the US and Israel, likening it to a “coup” effort and informing of a “regional war” if Iran is attacked.

Regional mediation efforts intensify

Qatar said diplomacy with Iran was continuing “very intensively” alongside determination partners. UAE statesmanlike advisor Anwar Gargash said Iran needed to scope a woody and “rebuild their narration with the United States.”“I would similar to spot nonstop Iranian-American negotiations starring to understandings truthful that we don't person these issues each different day,” Gargash said, arsenic per AFP.Despite the diplomatic push, uncertainty remains implicit whether talks volition materialise and whether the 2 sides tin span long-standing mistrust aft past year’s 12-day warfare betwixt Iran and Israel, which saw US strikes connected Iranian atomic sites and retaliatory rocket attacks by Tehran.