Make Iran dismantle its nuclear and missile programs. Then its top negotiator started softening his tone, and had to retreat.

Talking to Washington was “not honorable,” the supreme leader claimed. Khamenei’s objections collapsed on Saturday evening when Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, chatted with Trump’s Middle East envoy,

US envoy Steve Witkoff has said that moving forward, talks with Iran would be about verification of its nuclear program.