Delegates From Iran, Us Holding Talks In Oman Amid Ongoing Tensions: What To Know

Delegates from nan United States and Iran are holding talks successful Oman connected Saturday successful a delicate effort to restart negotiations complete Tehran’s arguable nuclear program. 

The talks, betwixt a mediator to Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and U.S. Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff, travel astir 7 years aft President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew nan U.S. from Tehran's atomic woody pinch world powers successful 2018. Since then, indirect talks betwixt nan 2 adversaries person made zero progress.

Trump has imposed caller sanctions connected nan Islamic Republic arsenic portion of his "maximum pressure" run and has suggested subject action remained a possibility. Despite this, nan president has said he still believed a caller woody could beryllium reached by penning a missive to Iran's 85-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, which he sent early past month. 

Khamenei, meanwhile, has warned that Iran would respond to immoderate U.S.-led onslaught pinch an onslaught of its own.

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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Donald Trump (Office of nan Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo)

"They frighten to perpetrate acts of mischief, but we are not wholly definite that specified actions will return place," nan ultimate leader said. "We do not see it highly apt that problem will travel from nan outside. However, if it does, they will undoubtedly look a beardown retaliatory strike."

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei called specified threats against Iran "a shocking affront to nan very principle of International Peace and Security."

"Violence breeds violence, bid begets peace. The US tin take nan course...; and concede to CONSEQUENCES," he wrote connected X.

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has rejected nonstop negotiations pinch nan United States complete Tehran's atomic program.

"We don't debar talks; it's nan breach of promises that has caused issues for america truthful far," Pezeshkian said successful televised remarks during a Cabinet meeting. "They must beryllium that they tin build trust."

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a gathering pinch a group of students successful Tehran, Iran, connected Wednesday, Nov. 1.  (Office of nan Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Once allies, some countries person been dispute to 1 different for astir half a century, pursuing nan 1979 Islamic Revolution that saw nan creation of a theocratic authorities led by Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, whose norm was cemented successful a CIA-led coup successful 1953, had fled Iran earlier nan revolution, sick pinch cancer, arsenic demonstrations swelled against his rule. Late successful 1979, assemblage students overran nan U.S. Embassy successful Tehran, seeking nan shah's extradition and sparking nan 444-day hostage situation that severed negotiated relations betwixt Iran and nan U.S.

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In nan decades since, Iran-U.S. relations person see-sawed betwixt enmity and grudging diplomacy, pinch relations peaking erstwhile Tehran made nan 2015 atomic woody pinch world powers earlier Trump withdrew from nan deal, sparking much tensions successful nan Mideast that persist today.

FILE - This photograph released connected Nov. 5, 2019, by nan Atomic Energy Organization of Iran shows centrifuge machines successful nan Natanz uranium enrichment installation successful cardinal Iran. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP, File)

Under nan original 2015 atomic deal, Iran was allowed to enrich uranium up to 3.67% purity and to support a uranium stockpile of 661 pounds. The past study by nan International Atomic Energy Agency connected Iran's programme put its stockpile astatine 18,286 pounds arsenic it enriches a fraction of it to 60% purity.

U.S. intelligence agencies measure that Iran has yet to statesman a weapons program, but has "undertaken activities that amended position it to nutrient a atomic device, if it chooses to do so."

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Iran has insisted for decades that its atomic programme is peaceful. However, its officials progressively frighten to prosecute a atomic weapon. Iran now enriches uranium to adjacent weapons-grade levels of 60%, nan only state successful nan world without a atomic weapons programme to do so.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.