Next round of Iran talks expected in Geneva next week, sources say
Next round of Iran talks expected in Geneva next week, sources say
The next round of Iran talks are expected Tuesday in Geneva, Switzerland, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Both US special envoy Steve Witkoff and the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner are expected to attend.
The talks come even as President Donald Trump struck a pessimistic tone yesterday when discussing ongoing negotiations between the US and Iran over a potential nuclear deal, saying the Iranians don’t have a good track record.
“I will say they want to talk, but so far, they do a lot of talking, no action,” Trump said.
He also suggested that regime change in the country would be “the best thing that could happen.” Trump asserted that Iran’s nuclear facilities were “obliterated” after US strikes on them last summer but urged the country to negotiate a deal with the United States in order to avoid a another potential military attack.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, speaking to Bloomberg News from the Munich Security Conference earlier today, echoed Trump, saying that reaching a deal was “very hard to do.”
The US has, in the meantime, dispatched a second aircraft carrier group to the Middle East, which the president said would be there in case he is unable to reach a diplomatic agreement.
