Iran has called off planned nuclear negotiations with the United States following a series of Israeli airstrikes that targeted Tehran’s nuclear and military infrastructure. The talks were scheduled to take place in Oman on Sunday but have now been suspended indefinitely, Iranian officials confirmed on Friday, June 13th.
“Israel’s unilateral attack on Iran is illegal, unjustifiable and a grave threat to regional stability,” Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi said in a post on X. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared via state media, “With this crime, the Zionist regime has set itself up for a bitter and painful fate, and it will receive it.”
The now-canceled meeting would have been the sixth round of nuclear talks since April. The negotiations aimed to establish a new agreement to replace the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which the U.S. exited under President Donald Trump during his first term.
Despite the recent escalation, Trump continued to pressure Tehran to return to the negotiating table, “Iran must make a deal, before there is nothing left, and save what was once known as the Iranian Empire.”
