Eagle Intelligence Reports
Iran said Monday it expected a framework for negotiations with the United States would be ready in the coming days, as President Donald Trump threatens military action against Tehran.
“Countries of the region are acting as mediators in the exchange of messages,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said, without giving details on the content of any prospective negotiations.
“Several points have been addressed and we are examining and finalizing the details of each stage in the diplomatic process, which we hope to conclude in the coming days. This concerns the method and framework,” the spokesman said.
Iran also summoned European ambassadors stationed in Tehran after the EU’s designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist group.
On Sunday and Monday, “representatives of all EU member states that have an embassy in Tehran were summoned to the foreign ministry”, spokesman Baqaei said.
He denied that Iran had received an ultimatum from President Donald Trump to reach a nuclear agreement, after the US leader said he had given the Islamic republic a deadline to enter talks and threatened military action.
Meanwhile, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has ordered the start of nuclear talks with the United States, the news agency Fars reported on Monday, after US President Donald Trump said he was hopeful of a deal to avert military action.
“President Pezeshkian has ordered the opening of talks with the United States,” Fars reported, citing an unnamed government source.
“Iran and the United States will hold talks on the nuclear file,” Fars said, without specifying a date. The report was also carried by the government newspaper Iran and the reformist daily Shargh. (AFP)