INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
President Donald Trump&s outreach to Iran&s top authority, Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on a possible new nuclear deal is an
effort to avoid military action, U.S
special envoy Steve Witkoff said on Sunday.&We don&t need to solve everything militarily,& Witkoff told Fox News.&Our signal to Iran is
let&s sit down and see if we can, through dialogue, through diplomacy, get to the right place
If we can, we are prepared to do that
And if we can&t, the alternative is not a great alternative.&Trump said earlier this month that he had sent a letter to Khamenei, warning
that &there are two ways Iran can be handled: militarily, or you make a deal.&Khamenei rejected the U.S
offer for talks as &a deception,& saying negotiating with the Trump administration would &tighten the knot of sanctions and increase
pressure on Iran.&However, Iran&s foreign minister, Abbas Araqchi, said on Thursday that Tehran would soon reply to both the letter&s
&threats and opportunities.& He cautioned on Sunday that talks with the U.S
are impossible unless Washington changes its pressure policy.Speaking separately on CBS News, the White House&s national security advisor,
sought &full dismantlement& of Iran&s nuclear program.&Iran has to give up its program in a way that the entire world can see,& he said.&As
President Trump has said, this is coming to a head
All options are on the table and it is time for Iran to walk away completely from its desire to have a nuclear weapon.&Tehran has long said
the program is only for peaceful purposes.U.N
nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi said last month that time is running out for a deal to rein in Iran&s nuclear program as Tehran
continues to accelerate its enrichment of uranium to near weapons grade.While leaving the door open for a nuclear pact with Tehran, Trump
has reinstated the &maximum pressure& campaign he applied in his first term as president, including efforts to drive the country&s oil
has issued four rounds of sanctions on Iran&s oil sales since Trump&s return to the White House on January 20.The post Trump&s offer of
talks with Iran aims to avoid military action, US envoy says first appeared on Ariana News.
