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Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/world/europe/iran-us-trump-diplomacy.html
Trump Reverts to Diplomacy with Iran
(New York Times) Steven Erlanger - Iran has once again resorted to a familiar strategy: kicking the radioactive can of its nuclear program down the road of extended negotiations. Talks on Iran's nuclear program between the U.S. and Iran on Friday in Oman were successful, in the sense that they did not end in either acrimony or airstrikes. On Saturday, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi repeated Iran's position in a post on Telegram that it insists on the right to enrich and that ballistic missiles are not negotiable. Though there were no direct U.S.-Iranian talks, there was "an opportunity to shake hands with the American delegation," the post said. The American demands, as originally formulated, are that Iran hand over all of its enriched uranium, especially the 440 kg. at near bomb-grade, enough for 10 weapons; limit the range of its ballistic missiles so they cannot reach Israel; and end its support for its regional proxy militias, like Hamas, Hizbullah and the Houthis.