Iran is in talks with Türkiye over growing tensions with the United States and Iranian nuclear capabilities.
Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian foreign minister, is scheduled to meet with his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan, on Friday, local time, in Ankara.
This comes amidst growing tensions with the Trump administration over Iran's desire to rebuild its nuclear program, which President Donald Trump has made clear will have consequences.
“They [Iran] have all the options to make a deal,” U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said last week.
“They should not pursue nuclear capabilities. And we will be prepared to deliver whatever this president expects.”
Turkey is now attempting diplomacy between both nations, with the talks scheduled in Ankara and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan proposing a video call between Trump and Masoud Pezeshkian, Iranian president.
Trump's latest comments on the matter, at the Kennedy Center on Thursday, seemed to be geared towards peace, however, saying it would “be great” if the States did not have to deploy attacks from the "lot of very big, very powerful ships sailing to Iran right now”.
