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Turkey’s FM praises US-Iran nuclear talks, urges against discussing missile program
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Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan attends a session on the opening day of the Doha Forum, an annual diplomatic conference, in Doha, December 6, 2025. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)
The US and Iran appear ready to compromise to secure a nuclear deal, but broadening talks to cover Tehran’s ballistic missile program risk “nothing but another war,” Turkey’s foreign minister Hakan Fidan tells the Financial Times in a interview.
“It is positive that the Americans appear willing to tolerate Iranian enrichment within clearly set boundaries,” Fidan tells FT.
The US and Israel have said the US-Iran negotiations should cover Tehran’s ballistic missile program as well as its nuclear program. Iran has ruled out linking the two issues in talks.
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