Donald Trump’s Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff is set to meet Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi in Oman on Sunday as negotiations over a nuclear deal remain deadlocked.Mr Witkoff is travelling to Muscat to discuss Tehran’s response to America’s latest proposal for a nuclear agreement.

In a strongly worded statement, US President Donald Trump doubled down on his hard-line stance against Iran, warning that the U.S. will not tolerate Tehran’s nuclear ambitions amid escalating tensions in the region,

Trump discusses Iran negotiations with Netanyahu, says US is "trying to make a deal" to avoid conflict while UN nuclear watchdog expresses concerns about Tehran's nuclear program

Ron Dermer and David Barnea will meet Steve Witkoff on Friday ahead of the sixth round of talks with Iran in Oman on Sunday 'in an additional attempt to clarify Israel's stance.'

U.S. Central Command, known as CENTCOM, prepared a range of military responses if ongoing nuclear negotiations with Iran break down, Gen. Michael "Erik" Kurilla confirmed during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Tuesday,

Donald Trump becoming ‘less confident’ about Iran nuclear deal - Trump has been pushing for a revised nuclear agreement to restrict Iran's nuclear operations

Iran says it has no plans to build a nuclear weapon and is only interested in power generation and other peaceful projects. During his first White House term, Trump withdrew the U.S. from a 2015 deal between Iran and world powers that placed limits on Tehran's disputed nuclear activities in exchange for sanctions relief.

The United States is reducing the number of people deemed nonessential to operations in the Middle East, the State Department has announced.