{"id":132395,"date":"2026-05-26T21:39:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T21:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/132395\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T21:39:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T21:39:21","slug":"official-noted-khamenei-is-difficult-to-reach-as-us-iran-talks-continue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/132395\/","title":{"rendered":"Official noted Khamenei is ‘difficult to reach,’ as US-Iran talks continue"},"content":{"rendered":"

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio<\/a> said negotiations between the United States and Iran would continue for several more days before it becomes clear whether an agreement can be reached.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe president has expressed his desire to make a deal; he\u2019s either going to make a good deal or no deal,\u201d Rubio<\/a> told reporters.<\/p>\n

The United States and Israel are awaiting a response from Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei<\/a>, following talks in Qatar between Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.<\/p>\n

An Israeli official told The Jerusalem Post that \u201cthe Iranian decision-making process has been very slow because Mojtaba is difficult to reach, as he is reportedly in a secure location and recovering from injuries<\/a>. As a result, every response takes time.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of the main issues still under dispute is the release of frozen Iranian assets. Tehran is reportedly demanding that half of the $24 billion frozen around the world be released immediately after a framework agreement with the United States is signed, with the remainder to be released at the end of a 60-day period.<\/p>\n

A senior US official emphasized that no funds would be unfrozen unless Iran\u2019s enriched uranium is removed or destroyed.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo dust, no dollars,\u201d the official said, referring to enriched uranium.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Israel Defense Forces and US Central Command remain on high alert amid the possibility that Washington and Tehran will fail to reach an agreement and that President Donald Trump could order military action.<\/p>\n

According to a source familiar with the matter, coordination between the two militaries continues, including ongoing communication between IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir and CENTCOM Commander Brad Cooper.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is currently a high level of readiness, continued planning, and ongoing coordination between the militaries,\u201d the source said. \u201cEveryone is waiting for President Trump\u2019s decisions, but contrary to what some may assume, security coordination continues on a routine and uninterrupted basis.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said negotiations between the United States and Iran would continue for several…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132396,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[38,34,16867,210,2289,225,2235],"class_list":["post-132395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iran","tag-donald-trump","tag-iran","tag-iran-us-nuclear-talks","tag-marco-rubio","tag-mojtaba-khamenei","tag-us-iran","tag-us-israel-iran"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116643047833747324","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}