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Khamenei says Iran-US talks going well but warns it may prove fruitless
The Morning Standard
|April 16, 2025
Tehran and Washington to meet again in Muscat on Saturday, a week after top-level talks
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IRAN's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday he was satisfied with talks with arch-foe the United States but warned they could ultimately prove fruitless.
Tehran and Washington are due to meet again in Muscat on Saturday, a week after top officials held the highest-level talks since the landmark 2015 nuclear accord collapsed.
US President Donald Trump, who pulled out of the deal during his first term, revived his "maximum pressure" sanctions campaign after returning to office in January.
This story is from the April 16, 2025 edition of The Morning Standard.
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