Iran open to-nuclear talks with US

Iran is ready to participate in “fair and just” nuclear talks with the United States amid rising tensions between the two nations, but will not be dictated to, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said during a visit to Istanbul alongside Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan.

According to him, Iran is “ready to re-enter the nuclear negotiations” while reiterating Tehran’s long-standing position that his country’s nuclear program is for peaceful purposes.

“The necessary preliminaries must first be established – concerning the format, the venue and the agenda of the discussions,” Araghchi said.

Earlier, U.S. President Donald Trump urged Iran to sign what he called an “equitable” nuclear deal or face another potential U.S. military strike.

“Number one, no nuclear. And number two, stop killing protesters," Trump said.