In a post on his X account on Saturday morning, Spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry Esmaeil Baqaei said he and a number of his most experienced colleagues are accompanying Araqchi on the trip to Oman.
“We are determined to employ all capacities to safeguard Iran’s might and national interests,” the spokesman said.
The Iranian and American teams are expected to hold indirect negotiations after a meeting with Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Hamad Al Busaidi, who will be exchanging messages between the two sides.
A number of sources told Tasnim that Iran has defined a number of redlines for the talks. Iran has reportedly emphasized that the US delegation must avoid using the language of threat or making excessive demands about Iran’s nuclear program.
The US has also been urged to refrain from proposing anything about Iran’s defense industry, and has been reminded that Iran will by no means accept the language of threat or allow its redlines to be crossed.
Sources also told Tasnim that Iran is always prepared to build trust about the peacefulness of its nuclear program in exchange for the removal of sanctions, adding that the ball is in the US’ court as the Americans will have no difficult path in the talks if they are frankly concerned about a nuclear bomb.
If the Americans enter the talks hypocritically and make excessive demands, they will have to bear international responsibility for obstructing the negotiations, the sources said.
Araqchi announced on Tuesday that the only subject that will be mooted at the talks in Oman is the nuclear issue and assurances about the peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear program.