Trump: We will have direct conversations with Iran on Saturday for the nuclear program

The US and Iran will have ‘direct conversations»For a possible agreement For the nuclear on Saturday, US President Donald Trump announced yesterday.

The meeting was also confirmed by the Iranian Foreign Minister, who said the talks would be “indirect”.

The US president said on Monday that discussions between Washington and Tehran would be at a “very high level” and warned that it would be a “very bad day for Iran” if no agreement was reached.

Last month, Trump raised the prospect of military action against Iran, after Ayatollah’s top leader Ali Khamenei publicly rejected his offer for direct talks.

Trump revealed the conversations after meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, who has also previously set the prospect of an attack on Iran to prevent the country from gaining nuclear weapons.

Speaking to the Oval Office, Trump said: ‘We’ll have a very big meeting on Saturday [με το Ιράν] And we will deal with them immediately … and perhaps a deal will be reached, this It would be great ».

In fact, he later stressed that Iran can be found in ‘high risk»If the conversations are not successfulby adding: “Iran cannot have nuclear weapons, and if the talks are not successful, I think it will really be a very bad day for Iran.”

The President did not give further details on the conversations, including how much they have gone or which officials will participate.

Iran’s Foreign Minister confirmed that Washington and Tehran will meet in Oman on April 12.

It is recalled that in March, Trump sent a letter to Iran’s leader via an intermediary from the United Arab Emirates, in which he exposed his willingness to sit on the negotiating table.

This offer rejected by Iranalthough his leadership expressed the willingness to discuss a possible agreement with the US indirectly.

The limitation of Iran’s ability to build nuclear weapons has been a key target of US foreign policy and their allies for decades.

In 2015, President Barack Obama had entered into an agreement with Iran, which would limit his nuclear activities and allow international inspectors to enter the country to ensure that facilities are used for non -military purposes.

In return, he would be offered to Iran relief from sanctions, which have paralyzed his economy.
This agreement was signed by China, France, Germany, Russia and the United Kingdom.

However in 2018, the Trump unilaterally withdrew the US from agreementwhich he had strongly criticized during his first election campaign for the presidential election.

In the years that followed, Iran was increasingly violating its terms. The International Atomic Energy Agency warned that Tehran has created Large stocks of enriched uraniumwhich can be used for the manufacture.