Steve Witkoff communicated with Abbas Araki to settle the conflict. These are the most important direct negotiations between the US and Iran in the last three months.
The special envoy of US President Donald Trump for the Middle East Steve Witkoff has spoken several times by phone several times with the Minister of Foreign Affairs Iran Abbas Arakči. Three diplomats became aware of the development of the situation for Reuters, TASR writes.
The talks were reportedly part of the effort to end the conflict, and according to Reuters, this is the most important direct negotiations between the US and Iran since the beginning of April. Arakčí said Witkoffa said that Tehran would not return to negotiations with the United States unless Israel stops attacking the territory of Iran.
According to one of the sources, even Iranian Minister Witkoff said Tehran “can be flexible on the nuclear question” if Washington forces Israel to stop attacking. The first call was reportedly initiated by the United States.
Reuters sources say that the interviews also included a short discussion of the US proposal from last month in order to create a regional consortium that would enrich Uranus outside Iran. So far, Tehran has refused such a possibility.
