{"id":9102,"date":"2026-02-16T14:47:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T14:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/9102\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T14:47:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T14:47:07","slug":"iran-says-it-is-ready-to-discuss-compromises-as-geneva-nuclear-talks-resume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/9102\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Says It Is Ready To Discuss Compromises As Geneva Nuclear Talks Resume"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Palace of Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, the European headquarters of the United Nations | Image by Diego Grandi\/Shutterstock <\/p>\n

Iran signaled it is prepared to consider compromises in renewed nuclear negotiations with the United States if Washington is willing to address sanctions relief, a senior Iranian official told<\/a> the BBC.<\/p>\n

In an interview in Tehran, Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran\u2019s deputy foreign minister, said the \u201cball was in America\u2019s court to prove that they want to do a deal,\u201d adding: \u201cIf they are sincere, I\u2019m sure we will be on the road to an agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Takht-Ravanchi said Tehran is \u201cready to discuss this and other issues related to our programme if they are ready to talk about sanctions,\u201d but did not clarify whether that would require lifting all or only some sanctions.<\/p>\n

The remarks come ahead of a second round of indirect talks between U.S. and Iranian officials set to take place in Geneva on Tuesday<\/a>. The two sides previously held indirect discussions in Oman earlier this month, which Takht-Ravanchi described as \u201cmore or less in a positive direction but it is too early to judge.\u201d<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump has said he prefers to reach a diplomatic agreement but has warned that military action remains possible if a deal to curb Iran\u2019s nuclear program cannot be reached. On Saturday, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said President Donald Trump preferred a deal but it was \u201cvery hard to do\u201d one with Iran.<\/p>\n

Iran has continued enriching uranium to 60% purity \u2014 a level near weapons-grade \u2014 which Western officials have said raises concern about potential weapons development. Tehran has long maintained its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes.<\/p>\n

Takht-Ravanchi pointed to Iran\u2019s offer to dilute its stockpile of 60%-enriched uranium as evidence of willingness to compromise. When asked whether Iran would ship more than 400 kilograms of highly enriched uranium abroad, as it did under the 2015 nuclear agreement, he said it was \u201ctoo early to say what will happen in the course of negotiations.\u201d<\/p>\n

Russia previously accepted Iranian uranium under the 2015 deal, which President Donald Trump withdrew from during his first term.<\/p>\n

Iran has insisted that negotiations focus strictly on the nuclear issue. \u201cOur understanding is that they have come to the conclusion that if you want to have a deal you have to focus on the nuclear issue,\u201d Takht-Ravanchi said.<\/p>\n

It remains unclear whether the renewed Geneva talks will produce a framework for a broader agreement or deepen tensions between Washington and Tehran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Palace of Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, the European headquarters of the United Nations | Image by Diego Grandi\/Shutterstock…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9103,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7],"tags":[5424,65,6240,3188,5541,239,5273,593,1932,7196,6390],"class_list":["post-9102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-geneva","tag-abbas-araghchi","tag-geneva","tag-geneva-nuclear-talks","tag-iran","tag-marco-rubio","tag-middle-east","tag-nuclear-deal","tag-president-donald-trump","tag-sanctions","tag-u-s-iran-relations","tag-uranium-enrichment"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}