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Iran president gives go-ahead for talks with US

AL-Monitor
Feb 3, 2026
FILE PHOTO: Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian walks to address the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 24, 2025. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian walks to address the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 24, 2025. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon/File Photo — Jeenah Moon

DUBAI, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Talks with the U.S. should be pursued to secure national interests as long as "threats and unreasonable expectations" are avoided, President Masoud Pezeshkian posted on X on Tuesday.

"Taking into account demands from friendly regional countries to respond to the U.S. President's suggestion for talks, I instructed the foreign minister to prepare the ground for equitable and fair negotiations ... should an atmosphere free of threats and unreasonable expectations arise," Pezeshkian said.

(Reporting by Dubai Newsroom; Editing by Tom Hogue)