Iran says it is giving nuclear talks with US ‘a genuine chance’

By Reuters 11 April 2025, 8:23 am

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Centrifuges line a hall at the Uranium Enrichment Facility in Natanz, Iran, in a still image from a video aired by the Islamic Republic Iran Broadcasting company on April 17, 2021, six days after the hall had been damaged in a mysterious attack. (IRIB via AP)

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran is giving talks with its arch-foe the United States this weekend “a genuine chance,” the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson posts on X.

US President Donald Trump made a surprise announcement on Monday that Washington and Tehran were poised to begin direct talks in Oman on Saturday over Iran’s nuclear program, warning that the Islamic Republic would be in “great danger” if the talks were unsuccessful.

The announcement caused some confusion because Iran had said the talks would be indirect with the Omanis acting as mediators.

Iran, previously stating it wouldn’t be bullied into negotiations, said that the US should value this decision despite “their prevailing confrontational hoopla.”