Wall Street Journal: The conversations have centered on whether the U.S. should abandon negotiations and resume full-scale attacks on Iran, the officials said, a move some of them describe as “finishing the job.” While not making a final decision, Trump has told aides he believes another round of full-scale attacks could derail diplomacy and hurt Washington’s chances of ultimately dismantling Iran’s nuclear program…
US and Iranian officials are holding indirect, low-level talks in Qatar, source says
US and Iranian officials are holding indirect, low-level technical talks through Qatari and Pakistani mediators in Doha today, a diplomatic source told CNN.
Iran-Qatar talks: Separately, Iranian officials were set to meet Qatari mediators to discuss the implementation of Tehran’s agreement with the US, as well as its frozen assets, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said yesterday. He added that Iran’s negotiating team had no plan to meet with the American delegation in the coming days…
A Dispute Over Opening Hormuz Drives a Wedge Into U.S.-Saudi Relations
Now, the U.S. is considering reducing its military footprint in the kingdom, according to U.S. officials familiar with the planning process.
The U.S. threats, which haven’t been previously reported, marked the biggest rift in years in a relationship that has underpinned security arrangements in the Gulf for decades…
Tehran mocks Trump with claim Hormuz is ‘our greatest instrument of power’ in peace talks
Speaking on Tuesday, Iran’s top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said they would not initiate remaining clauses of the memorandum of understanding (Mo) until the initial five clauses were fully stabilised and finalised.
He added that the Strait of Hormuz, which has become a key negotiating tool in Iran’s belt after the nation took control of it early on in the war, was a “divine gift granted to them, serving as their greatest instrument of power.”…