The fourth round of nuclear talks between the US and Iran, which was scheduled for this Saturday, has been postponed.
Oman, the mediator of the negotiations, announced the delay was due to “logistical” reasons. “New dates will be announced when mutually agreed,” said Omani Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry said the negotiations had been “postponed at the request of Oman’s foreign minister.” US officials are claiming that they never officially confirmed they would participate in talks this Saturday and that negotiations could still be held in the “near future.”
An Iranian official speaking to Reuters said a new date will be set “depending on the US approach,” suggesting the US imposing new sanctions on Iran amid negotiations was the reason for the delay.
“US sanctions on Iran during the nuclear talks are not helping the sides to resolve the nuclear dispute through diplomacy,” the Iranian official said.
News of the delay also comes a day after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth threatened Iran over its alleged military support for the Houthis, even though the Yemeni group has its own domestic missile and drone program.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry responded to the threat, saying “provocative statements” hurt diplomacy. “The responsibility for the consequences and destructive effects of the contradictory behavior and provocative statements of American officials regarding Iran will lie with the American side,” said Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei.
President Trump has repeatedly threatened to bomb Iran if a deal isn’t reached, even though his intelligence agencies recently reaffirmed that there’s no evidence Tehran is building a bomb or that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has reversed his ban on the development of nuclear weapons.
God bless all that negotiate for peace in good faith.
Which leaves out the US.
Trump's national security adviser Mike Waltz and his deputy to leave posts in White House, sources say
….National security adviser Mike Waltz and his deputy, Alex Wong, will be leaving their posts in the Trump White House, according to multiple sources familiar with their departure.
They are expected to leave Thursday, sources say. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Journalist Mark Halperin first reported the departures. As with anything in Mr. Trump's White House, nothing is final until he announces it.
The president's chief of staff, Susie Wiles, is having conversations with some of the National Security Council staff today, sources said.
It is unlikely that U.S. envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff will be tapped for the national security adviser job, two sources said. Speculation among Mr. Trump's allies on Thursday was that White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller might be considered, or possibly deputy assistant to the president and senior director for counterterrorism Seb Gorka, because they are so firmly behind Mr. Trump's mission. Ric Grenell, special presidential envoy for special missions, said publicly that he didn't want the post.~CBS News
I saw where Rubio was temporarily put in that posistion. Might as well, he sure isn't doing anything as SOS other than watching Witkoff do his job.
Vance defends Waltz’s move to UN, calling it a ‘promotion’
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/vance-waltz-signal-national-security-promotion/
Hahaha! Good one, Vance.
Talk is cheap anyways. It’s not worth the paper it’s written on.
It’s true … paper can at least be burned for heat when nuclear winter hits … empty words are useless.
When a nuclear winter comes, you wont have to worry about any papers.
… And why am I not surprised…!
For the life of me why on earth do they need talks and negotiations with Iran? Iran has not attacked anyone – only Israel and the US have. Iran has not thrown any nukes at people, the US has.
So what if Iran gets a nuke, every Tom, Dick and Harry around the world has one or more. If you want Iran not to have nukes then order all countries including US and Israel to dismantle their nuke arsenals first.
https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1918317630882283607
Blackball the usa and its bs favoritism, bullying, hypocrisy,double standards, mob standards and utter contempt for rule of law..