In a rare intervention, top Iranian officials called on Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Hameni to launch negotiations with the United States on Tehran’s nuclear program or otherwise risking the decline of the regime, according to a New York Times.

Officials informed the Supreme Leader of Iran that in the event of the negotiations failure, the US military will hit the Natanz and Fordow nuclear facilities, which belong to the Islamic Republic. US President Donald Trump also said this week that “Iran would be at great risk” if the talks between the two countries failed. The New York Times also reported that officials said a war with Israel would also be detrimental to the regime.

Hameni finally heard the warnings of the officials and allowed Washington’s permission to talk, according to the report, which will begin with indirect negotiations through a mediator and then continue with immediate conversations between the two countries.

It is noted that the meeting on indirect conversations between the two countries will take place on Saturday in Oman.

According to a New York Times report, citing two senior Iranian officials, Hameni held a meeting last month attending the leaders of the judiciary and parliament.

Officials, in an unusual and coordinated effort, pushed Hameni to even accept direct talks with Washington.

In particular, Iranian officials told Hameni that the threat of a military hit by the United States and Israel against Iran’s nuclear facilities was serious.

“If Iran refuses to come to talks or if the negotiations fail,” officials told Hameni, “the military attack on Iran’s two main nuclear facilities would be inevitable.”

The country, already in the vortex of economic problems, would have to react, but would probably sink into internal turmoil if it were on war, sources said.

The combination of these events would have been an existential threat to the Islamic Republic, according to what Khamenei told the officials.

Sources reported that Mohammad Banger Galibaff, a former leader of the Revolutionary Guards and the current Conservative President of Parliament, told Hameni that a war combined with the internal financial collapse could lead the situation out of control.

Iran had previously rejected the talks, but fell amidst the threats of US President Donald Trump.

Hossein Musavian, a former diplomat who served in the Iranian negotiation team for the 2015 agreement and today is at Princeton University, told the New York Times that the change of attitude of Hamenei shows that maintaining the regime is his main priority.

According to the report, while Hameni retreated and agreed to talks, imposed his own terms.

Citing three Iranian officials, the NYT newspaper said that Hameni had agreed to discuss stricter nuclear program monitoring and a significant reduction in uranium enrichment. However, he said that Iran’s missile program is out of discussions, as it is part of Iran’s defense. Sources reported that this was an “inviolable term”.

At the same time, the report states that Iran is open to discuss its regional policies, including supporting groups such as Hamas, Hezbollah and Hemis in Yemen.

The United States is committed to not allowing Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon, while Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened “bombings” if no agreement is reached.

Iran, for its part, refuses to seek to obtain a nuclear weapon, but has increased the enriched celestial of 60%, which has no use other than that of nuclear weapons, and has prevented international inspectors from controlling its nuclear facilities.