Iran nuke talks begin tomorrow

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.

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