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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu volition conscionable with U.S. President Donald Trump successful Washington connected Wednesday (February 11, 2026) astir American talks with Iran, his bureau said Saturday (February 7, 2026), portion Iran’s overseas curate threatened U.S. subject bases successful the portion a time aft the discussions.
“The Prime Minister believes that each negotiations indispensable see limiting the ballistic missiles and ending enactment for the Iranian axis,” Mr. Netanyahu’s bureau said successful a little statement, referring to Tehran’s enactment for militant groups, including Hezbollah successful Lebanon and Hamas successful the Palestinian territories. Mr. Trump and Mr. Netanyahu past met successful December.
There was nary contiguous White House comment.
The U.S. and the Islamic Republic of Iran held indirect talks connected Friday (February 6, 2026) successful Oman that appeared to instrumentality to the starting constituent connected however to attack discussions implicit Tehran’s atomic programme.
Mr. Trump called the talks “very good” and said much were planned for aboriginal adjacent week. Washington was represented by West Asia peculiar envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Mr. Trump’s son-in-law.
Mr. Trump has repeatedly threatened to usage unit to compel Iran to scope a woody connected its atomic programme aft sending the craft bearer USS Abraham Lincoln and different warships to the portion amid Tehran’s crackdown connected nationwide protests that killed thousands.
Gulf Arab nations fearfulness an onslaught could spark a determination war, with memories caller of the 12-day Israel-Iran war successful June.
For the archetypal clip successful negotiations with Iran, the U.S. connected Friday (February 6, 2026) brought its apical subject commandant successful the West Asia to the table. U.S. Navy Adm. Brad Cooper, caput of the military’s Central Command, past visited the USS Abraham Lincoln connected Saturday with Witkoff and Kushner, the bid said successful a statement.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told journalists Friday (February 6, 2026) that “nuclear talks and the solution of the main issues indispensable instrumentality spot successful a calm atmosphere, without hostility and without threats.” He said that diplomats would instrumentality to their capitals, signalling that this circular of negotiations was over.
On Saturday (February 7, 2026), Mr. Araghchi told the Al Jazeera outer quality web that if the U.S. attacks Iran, his state doesn't person the quality to onslaught the U.S. “and truthful has to onslaught oregon retaliate against U.S. bases successful the region.”
He said determination is “very, precise heavy distrust” aft what happened during the erstwhile talks, erstwhile the U.S. bombed Iranian atomic sites during past year’s Israel-Iran war.
Tehran has maintained that these talks volition beryllium lone connected its atomic programme.
However, Al Jazeera reported that diplomats from Egypt, Turkey and Qatar offered Iran a connection successful which Tehran would halt enrichment for 3 years, nonstop its highly enriched uranium retired of the state and pledge to “not initiate the usage of ballistic missiles”.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said connected Wednesday (February 4, 2026) that the talks needed to see each those issues.
Israel, a adjacent U.S. ally, believes Iran is pursuing a atomic limb and wants its programme scrapped, though Iran has insisted that its atomic plans are for peaceful purposes. Israel besides wants a halt to Iran's ballistic rocket programme and its enactment for militant groups successful the region.
Mr. Araghchi, speaking astatine a forum successful Qatar connected Saturday (February 7, 2026), accused Israel of destabilising the region, saying that it “breaches sovereignties, it assassinates authoritative dignitaries, it conducts violent operations, and it expands its scope successful aggregate theatres.”
He criticised Israel’s attraction of Palestinians and called for “comprehensive and targeted sanctions against Israel, including an contiguous arms embargo.”
