Overview
- President Trump told reporters Iran has asked about lifting heavy U.S. sanctions and said he is open to hearing the request.
- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tehran seeks peace but will not bow to coercion and will not abandon its nuclear program.
- Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said cooperation with the United States is impossible while Washington backs Israel and maintains regional bases.
- Five rounds of U.S.–Iran nuclear talks stalled after June’s 12‑day Iran–Israel war and long‑standing disputes over uranium enrichment on Iranian soil.
- UN sanctions were reimposed in September under the snapback mechanism, and the U.S. has restored a maximum‑pressure campaign following June strikes that Washington says set back Iran’s nuclear program.