A photo provided by the office of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, shows him greeting the crowd before addressing the nation on the first anniversary of the death of former Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, on May 20, 2025, in Tehran. (Credit: khamenei.IR/AFP)
The date has been set for the next meeting between American and Iranian negotiators. On Wednesday, mediator Oman confirmed that on May 23, in Rome, the two sides will meet for the fifth time since April 12 in an attempt to broker a deal on Iran's nuclear enrichment program. Successive statements from American and Iranian officials suggest that the gap between their respective positions is widening, while Israel aggravates these tensions from the sidelines, with U.S. intelligence leaks revealing that Israel plans to bomb Iran's nuclear sites. Will the Rome meeting manage to cool down these tensions and establish some common ground?Military threatNegotiations creep forward as fear of a military confrontation simmers. U.S. officials told CNN in a recent report that Israel has been making preparations for an attack against Iranian...
The date has been set for the next meeting between American and Iranian negotiators. On Wednesday, mediator Oman confirmed that on May 23, in Rome, the two sides will meet for the fifth time since April 12 in an attempt to broker a deal on Iran's nuclear enrichment program. Successive statements from American and Iranian officials suggest that the gap between their respective positions is widening, while Israel aggravates these tensions from the sidelines, with U.S. intelligence leaks revealing that Israel plans to bomb Iran's nuclear sites. Will the Rome meeting manage to cool down these tensions and establish some common ground?Military threatNegotiations creep forward as fear of a military confrontation simmers. U.S. officials told CNN in a recent report that Israel has been making preparations for an attack against Iranian...