The USS Carl Vinson is deployed in the Arabian Sea as US-Iran talks on the nuclear program loom. Amid suspected US airstrikes against Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen, negotiations face complexity over their venue, with Iran favoring Oman over Rome. The Trump administration aims to leverage aspects of the 2015 nuclear deal for discussions. US envoy Steve Witkoff described the previous weekend's talks as positive but emphasized the challenges of verification concerning uranium enrichment and missile stockpiling, reiterating the consequential nature of these negotiations for US-Iran relations.
This is going to be much about verification on the enrichment program, and then ultimately verification on weaponization. That includes missiles, the type of missiles that they have stockpiled there.
The stakes of the negotiations couldn't be higher for the two nations closing in on half a century of enmity.
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