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US special envoy Steve Witkoff says US hopeful of meetings with Iran soon
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUS President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff says the United States is hopeful that there will be meetings with Iran soon.
“We think there will be meetings this week. We’re certainly hopeful for it,” Witkoff says at an investment forum in Miami, Florida, without specifying whether he is referring to the current week or the coming one.
“We have a 15-point deal on the table that the Iranians have had for a bit of time. We expect an answer from them, and it would solve it all,” he says, referring to the US proposal to end the monthlong war.
According to an Axios report, Witkoff says the conditions include ending Iranian uranium enrichment so there’s “no second North Korea in the Middle East.”
He also reportedly says, “We have an extension of the deadline for Iran. We see it as a real positive. We are negotiating with the Iranians. We may have a different definition of negotiating than they do. But we are talking to them.”
He adds that Iran letting some ships through the Strait of Hormuz is a “good sign,” according to the report.
“The president wants a peace deal. But without pressure, you don’t get anybody to the table. We are prepared to solve this diplomatically,” he says, according to the report.
The Times of Israel Community.