The US wants Tehran to give up its nuclear ambitions and intends to achieve this peacefully. This was stated by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in an interview with CBS News.
„If you can enrich uranium to any level, then you can essentially enrich it to weapons-grade very quickly. That is the point and that was the problem with the deal that Obama made. The goal of all this is simple - Iran should never get a nuclear weapon,“ Rubio said.
The Secretary of State added that US President Donald Trump would prefer to resolve differences with Tehran through negotiations rather than military action. “He wants not only a nuclear-free Iran, but a wealthy, peaceful and prosperous Iran,“ Rubio said.
The US and Iran, with the mediation of Oman, have held four rounds of talks to resolve differences over Tehran's nuclear program. The first of these was held on April 12 in Muscat, the second on April 19 in Rome, the third and fourth on April 26 and again on May 11 in Muscat. The Iranian delegation to the consultations was led by Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, and the US delegation was led by the President's Special Envoy Stephen Witkoff.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry earlier stated that the authorities of the Islamic Republic are ready to discuss with the United States limiting the volume and level of uranium enrichment if sanctions are lifted, but will never agree to stop their nuclear program, since the right to "peaceful atoms" is guaranteed to all countries that have signed the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, to which Tehran was one of the first to join.