U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff (left) and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. Photos: Getty Images
U.S. and Iranian officials are describing similar goals for high-stakes nuclear talks tomorrow — determining whether the other side is serious.
"The main question we want answered from the Iranians is whether they have the political will to have a serious discussion so that we won't have to resort to the other alternative," a U.S. official told Axios' Barak Ravid.
Iran's foreign ministry wrote on X: "We do not prejudge. We do not predict. We intend to assess the other side's intent and resolve this Saturday."
✈️ Trump's Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, who has been in St. Petersburg meeting with Russian President Valdimir Putin, is arriving in Oman for the Iranian nuclear talks.
If Witkoff concludes that Iran is not serious about an acceptable deal, the alternative could be war.