Iran-US talks begin in push to avert warThe talks follow repeated US threats of strikes. Iran's president insisted ahead of the talks that the Islamic republic was not "at all" seeking a nuclear weapon. "Our Supreme Leader has already stated that we will not have nuclear weapons at all," President Masoud Pezeshkian said, in a reference to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. While Iran has insisted the talks focus solely on its nuclear programme, the US wants Tehran's missile programme and its support for militant groups in the region curtailed. "You can't let the craziest and worst regime in the world have nuclear weapons," Vance told "America's Newsroom" on Fox News.

Source: Bangkok Post February 26, 2026 10:52 UTC