The Pathways to a New U.S.-Iran Nuclear Deal

pronouncements from both sides that the initial conversations had been productive, and an agreement to hold another round this weekend. Perhaps most telling were comments by U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump himself saying that the U.S. does not seek the dismantling of Iran’s nuclear program – only that it never be permitted to possess a nuclear weapon. “I’m not asking for much, they can’t have a nuclear weapon,” the president said. “I want them to thrive. I want Iran to be great.”