Overview

• In a Jerusalem address, President Trump said the United States is prepared to reach an agreement when Iran is ready and offered a “hand of friendship and cooperation.”
• Trump defended his withdrawal from the Obama-era nuclear deal, saying he was proud to have terminated it.
• Negotiations have been stuck over uranium enrichment on Iranian soil, which Western powers want reduced to zero and Tehran rejects.
• Washington and Tehran held five rounds of talks before a 12-day June war in which the United States joined Israeli strikes on key Iranian nuclear sites.
• Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araqchi said Tehran has seen no concrete U.S. starting points and is communicating via mediators, and he declined an Egyptian summit invitation as Trump prepared to travel to Egypt for Gaza-focused diplomacy.