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Shafaq News- Washington\/ Tehran<\/p>\n
US is prepared to hold a new round of nuclear talks with
\nIran in Geneva on Friday if Tehran submits a detailed proposal within the next
\n48 hours, a senior US official told Axios on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The official said the Trump administration is waiting for According to Axios, US special envoy Steve Witkoff and White Meanwhile, Reuters cited a senior Iranian official\u00a0saying Iran and the United States are preparing to hold a new round of indirect nuclear talks in early March, stressing that Tehran will retain full control over its oil and mineral resources despite the diplomatic push.<\/p>\n On February 20,\u00a0Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi<\/a>\u00a0rejected reports that Washington had demanded a complete halt to uranium enrichment as a precondition for a nuclear agreement, while affirming that Tehran had not offered to suspend enrichment activities<\/p>\n US Senator Lindsey Graham urged Trump
\nIran\u2019s draft<\/a> before confirming participation in the meeting, adding that the US
\nand Iran could discuss the possibility of an interim agreement before reaching
\na comprehensive nuclear deal.<\/p>\n
\nHouse adviser Jared Kushner asked Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi to
\nsubmit a detailed written proposal within days during the previous round of
\ntalks in Geneva. Washington\u2019s position calls for zero uranium enrichment on
\nIranian soil, though US officials indicated they may consider what they
\ndescribed as \u201ctoken enrichment\u201d if Iran can demonstrate that the arrangement
\nblocks any pathway to developing a nuclear weapon.\u00a0US officials also indicated that Trump could order a strike
\nat any time, although several advisers are currently encouraging the president
\nto allow diplomacy to proceed.<\/p>\n
\nto disregard advisers who oppose military action against Iran. Speaking to
\nAxios February 21, Graham argued that avoiding confrontation could carry
\nconsequences.<\/p>\n