INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
United States 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, United States 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
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 United States 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 United States are impossible unless Washington changes its pressure policy.Speaking separately on
CBS News, the White House&s national security advisor, Mike Waltz, said the United States 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
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
exports to zero.The United States has issued four rounds of sanctions on Iran&s oil sales since Trump&s return to the White House on
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