Jumana Bersetchi

will insist on should Iran actually come to the negotiating table.

He also said that the main objective, which is ensuring that Iran doesn't go on to develop a nuclear weapon, has largely been achieved as well.

And I think, you know, one other thing that really stood out from his comments yesterday is there was no linkage whatsoever between their...

Perhaps anticipation that they're going to be winding down military operations in the next few weeks versus a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

There was no real...

objective link to the reopening of the streets.

And in fact, when he was asked about it, he said that they can leave it up to other people and pointed to other countries such as the likes of China, who obviously benefit from the lion's share of the energy products that pass through the streets.

And that it would sort of be something that can be dealt with at a later stage.

So not an explicit objective per se anymore.

There was no real...

objective linked to the reopening of the streets.

And in fact, when he was asked about it, he said that they can leave it up to other people and pointed to other countries, such as the likes of China, who obviously benefit from the lion's share of the energy products that pass through the streets.

And that it would sort of be something that can be dealt with at a later stage.

So not an explicit objective per se anymore.

Iranian perspective, they have said that they have flexibility with these negotiations, but equally, they're going to be pushing for concessions on sanctions.

So we'll see whether the U.S.

are willing to offer sanctions relief in exchange for Iran perhaps being more open to the other criteria when it comes to nuclear enrichment.

The talks today will be mostly centered around the nuclear program.

Iran have not yet conceded to talk about their ballistic weapons arsenal.

And so our expectation is that the discussions today will mostly be around nuclear enrichment.