U.S. and Iran resume nuclear talks in Rome

AWANI

Iranian and U.S. negotiators will resume nuclear talks in Rome on Friday, seeking to resolve a long-standing dispute over Tehran's nuclear program despite Iran's Supreme Leader warning that a new deal may be unattainable.

Transcript

00:00Right, on to the next news.

00:02Iranian and U.S. negotiators will resume nuclear talks in Rome on Friday amid clashing red lines.

00:09Now, the talks aims to resolve decades-long dispute over Tehran's nuclear program,

00:15despite Tehran's supreme leader warning that clinching a new deal might be impossible.

00:21Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqji and Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff

00:26are set for a fifth round of talks through Omani mediators,

00:31despite public hard lines from both sides on uranium enrichment.

00:35Both sides have a lot at stake.

00:37The U.S. wants to curb Tehran's potential to develop a nuclear weapon,

00:41fearing it could ignite a regional arms race,

00:44while Iran wants to be rid of sanctions on its oil-based economy.

00:48After rounds of talks, key hurdles still remain.

00:51On Tuesday, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected

00:56U.S. demands to halt uranium enrichment as excessive and outrageous,

01:01warning that the talks are unlikely to yield results.

01:04While Iran says it's willing to accept some limits on enrichment for peaceful purposes,

01:09it demands firm guarantees that the U.S. won't back out of any future agreement.

01:14European Union

01:32Miracle

01:33FEMALE

01:33ened

Category

Transcript

Be the first to comment

Recommended