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Tehran faces growing pressure over its brutal crackdown on recent unrest as talks with US are set to continue
(Refiles to fix hyperlinks) By Tuvan Gumrukcu DUBAI, Feb 4 - The U.S. and Iran are due to hold talks in Oman on Friday after Tehran requested a change of venue to limit negotiations to its nuclear programme, a regional official said, with a build-up of U.S. forces in the Middle East raising fears of a confrontation
Despite disagreements over the possible agenda, US and Iranian officials confirmed that the countries will hold talks in Oman
Internet monitoring firms and experts say Iran’s internet has almost completely shut down, as protests spread through major cities
DUBAI, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Talks with the U.S. should be pursued to secure national interests as long as "threats and unreasonable expectations" are avoided, President Masoud Pezeshkian posted on X on Tuesday. "Taking into account demands from friendly regional countries to respond to the U.S. President's suggestion for talks, I instructed the foreign minister to prepare the ground for equitable and fair negotiations . should an atmosphere free of threats and unreasonable expectations arise," Pezeshkian said. (Reporting by Dubai Newsroom; Editing by Tom Hogue)
Both sides downplay chances of immediate breakthrough in US-brokered talks as western allies reportedly weigh new defence pact
Abbas Araghchi warns adversaries against ‘miscalculation’ as Trump mulls military response to protest crackdown
Paris signaled a shift in stance ahead of an EU foreign ministers' meeting, supporting an Italian-led push to blacklist the army corps over its role in Iran's protest crackdown
Former OpenAI employee Daniel Kokotajlo says progress to AGI is ‘somewhat slower’ than first predicted
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Does Britain have any leverage over human rights or security concerns or is it a decaying nation that cannot risk trade relations, asks professor of global history Peter Frankopan
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