ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS)
Significant gaps ahead of US-Iran talks: Tehran demands sanctions freeze during negotiations
Danny Zaken
April 9, 2025

Three days before the scheduled start of talks between the Iranian regime and representatives of US President Donald Trump in Oman, the gaps between the two sides regarding both the format of the talks and the subjects to be discussed appear especially wide…Another major dispute concerns the agenda for the talks. Iran firmly rejects any discussion of its missile program, particularly in light of reports that Israel is pressing the US to include this issue in the negotiations. Javan, a conservative Iranian newspaper aligned with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, wrote in an editorial that any attempt to bring the missile issue to the table would result in the immediate termination of the talks. READ MORE

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