President-elect Donald Trump has extended an offer for high-level negotiations with Iran, including discussions about the nuclear file, through Omani diplomatic channels, Iran International reported Sunday, citing the Iraqi newspaper Baghdad Alyoum.
According to a source close to Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian's administration, quoted by Baghdad Alyoum, the US message conveyed a willingness to engage in direct talks and potentially forge a new nuclear agreement that would differ from the 2015 deal that Trump abandoned in 2018.
The source, speaking to Baghdad Alyoum, indicated that the US administration has set an informal timeline of "a few months" for Tehran to respond to the proposal for negotiations, which would encompass various issues, with the nuclear file taking precedence.
The diplomatic overture comes as Iranian diplomat Seyyed Hossein Mousavian published an analysis in an Iranianian outlet suggesting that direct, high-level talks between the two nations could be imminent.
In his article, Mousavian cautioned that while negotiations might lead to an agreement, there were no guarantees the US would maintain its commitments even if talks proved successful.
