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Chapter 2: What are the latest developments in US-Iran talks?
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and Iran negotiate in Geneva today over Iran's nuclear program and possibly much more. The Trump administration keeps building up military assets in the region. What happens if talks fall apart? I'm Stephen Skeap with Leila Fadl, and this is Up First from NPR News.
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Representatives from the U.S. and Iran are due to negotiate in Geneva today.
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It's the second time in as many weeks the two sides will be discussing limits on Iran's nuclear program. The U.S. is said to want concessions from Iran well beyond nuclear issues, and its ally Israel wants a lot more. Americans have paired the talks with a threat, positioning military force in the region.
NPR's international affairs correspondent Jackie Northam is following these developments, and she joins me now. Good morning.
Morning, Leila.
So, Jackie, this is another round of talks today between the U.S. and Iran. Can we expect any sort of breakthrough?
Well, it's a good sign that both sides are still open to negotiations. As with the last round of indirect talks in Oman, it will be U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and the President's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, meeting with Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Arachi. Although President Trump said Monday that he would be involved in the talks indirectly, both the U.S.
and Iran are still firm in their demands. President Trump doesn't want Iran to possess nuclear weapons and so wants zero enrichment. But Iran insists it has the right to enrich uranium for research and civilian uses. There are other important issues to address, such as Iran's ballistic missile arsenal, its use of proxies in the region, and its stockpile of highly enriched uranium.
Okay, so it sounds as though both sides are dug in on key issues.
Is there any sense of compromise? Well, Iran has indicated it could be open to curbing, not eliminating, its nuclear program. And it brought a large technical team with it to Geneva as a gesture that it's serious. I spoke with Sanam Vakil, and she's an Iran specialist at Chatham House, which is a London-based think tank. And she says Iran is in a weaker bargaining position than the U.S.
because it's in dire economic straits. Here she is.
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