US and Iran hold crucial talks mediated by Oman
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I'm Alex Ritson, and at 16 Hours GMT on Thursday 26th February, these are our main stories. US and Iranian negotiators are in Geneva for talks widely seen as the best chance of preventing a military conflict. Bill and Hillary Clinton prepare to give evidence to Congress about the child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un says he could get along well with the US if the communist state is recognised as a nuclear power. also in this podcast.
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Why Europe's construction industry is turning to wood to cut carbon emissions. Iranian and American officials have been meeting again in Geneva for what are being seen as crucial talks about Tehran's nuclear programme. It comes as the United States continues to strengthen its military presence in the Middle East, with a number of countries urging their citizens to leave. In his State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Trump said he would never allow what he called the world's number one sponsor of terror to have nuclear weapons. But Tehran insists it has no intention of building such a bomb and that its programme is purely for civilian purposes. Iran's President, Massoud Pazeshkian, said his orders came directly from the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Trump says that Iran must announce we will never have a nuclear weapon. The Supreme Leader has stated that we will never have a nuclear weapon. Maybe you can say that I'm like those politicians and I lie. But the leader of a society, the religious leader of a society, cannot lie. When he says that we will never have a nuclear weapon, that means we will never have it. Amman, which is acting as mediator, says the negotiations will resume on Thursday evening. This third round is being viewed by some as a last chance for diplomacy. Our chief international correspondent, Lise Doucette, is in Switzerland covering the negotiations for us.
Well, I'm speaking to you from outside the Omani residence here in Geneva. You may hear the hubbub of other journalists such as the interest and the significance of these talks. There is a large contingent of media from around the world. We saw the American convoy leaving here about an hour ago. Then the Iranian delegation left. What is really significant is that in all the other times when the Iranians and Americans met for mainly indirect, but not completely, we understand they have been talking face to face as well. They meet for a few hours and then they go their separate ways. This is the first time that they're coming back. The Omani foreign minister, Badr al-Busaydi, who is the main mediator, said on social media, on X, he said they exchange creative and positive ideas.
We're taking a break and then we're going to come back again. And we understand they are trying to work out the details of some kind of a draft text of an agreement. And I think the general assessment is that if it is just confined to the nuclear program of Iran in exchange for sanctions, a deal is difficult but it is doable.
So the Iranians do respect the U.S. negotiators?
Well, they have very, very different negotiating styles. There is so little trust between the two sides. Bear in mind that Iran was involved in negotiations with the Americans headed by Steve Witkoff last year, and it was just days before the sixth round of talks. that israel attacked iran which triggered the 12-day war which drew in the united states and don't forget that president trump pulled out of the 2015 iran nuclear deal in 2018. so iranian officials continue to say that we want to do a deal we're going to continue to negotiate but we don't want to be in their words surprised and that's why they like the americans are preparing
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