Iran has set strict terms ahead of crucial talks it will hold with US on its nuclear program, semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Thursday, citing sources it didn’t identify.
Major “red lines” include “threatening language” by the Trump administration and “excessive demands regarding Iran’s nuclear program,” Tasnim reported.
The US must also refrain from raising issues relating to Iran’s defense industry, Tasnim said, likely referring Iran’s ballistic missile program, which the US’ Middle Eastern allies see as a threat to their security.
In February, President Donald Trump reinstated a maximum pressure campaign on Iran, aimed at preventing the Islamic Republic from building a nuclear weapon. According to the memorandum, the US would also “implement a campaign aimed at driving Iran’s oil exports to zero” and deny Iran intercontinental ballistic missiles.
Iranian and American delegations are due to arrive in the Omani capital Muscat on Saturday morning, Tasnim said. After a meeting with Oman’s foreign minister, indirect talks are scheduled to begin in the afternoon.
Trump has said that talks will be direct.