Published on: 02/12/2026 - 08:14 Last updated: 02/12/2026 - 18:02

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan revealed to the Financial Times on Thursday that Washington and Tehran are ready to reach a compromise in order to conclude a nuclear agreement, and warned that expanding the scope of the talks to include Tehran’s ballistic missile program will lead to “another war.” Meanwhile, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian stressed that his country will not yield to the “excessive” demands of the United States regarding its nuclear program, coinciding with the Islamic Republic’s commemoration of the 1979 revolution in the wake of a wave of popular protests that constituted one of the most prominent challenges it has faced since its establishment.

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Joe Bennett, whose mother, Lindsay Foreman, and her husband, Craig Foreman, have been detained by the Iranian authorities since January of last year, added that British-Iranian relations are “extremely complex” and other current events make their situation more difficult.

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Newspaper quoting Fidan: America and Iran show flexibility to reach a nuclear agreement

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told the Financial Times in an interview on Thursday that the United States and Iran appear ready to reach a compromise in order to conclude a nuclear agreement, warning that expanding the scope of the talks to include Tehran's ballistic missile program will only lead to "another war."

Fidan added to the newspaper, "The Americans' expression of willingness to tolerate Iran's uranium enrichment within clear limits is positive."

The Financial Times quoted the Turkish Foreign Minister: The Americans’ willingness to tolerate Iran’s uranium enrichment within clear limits is positive.

The Islamic Republic commemorates the revolution under American pressure

The Iranian President stressed on Wednesday that his country would not yield to the "excessive" demands of the United States regarding its nuclear program, coinciding with the Islamic Republic's commemoration of the 1979 revolution in the wake of a wave of popular protests that constituted one of the most prominent challenges it has faced since its establishment.

In a speech he delivered in Azadi (Freedom) Square in Tehran, in front of a crowd waving the flags of the Islamic Republic, Masoud Pezeshkian stressed that his country will not submit to American demands and “will not surrender to aggression.”

After demonstrations broke out in late December and developed into an unprecedented protest movement against the authorities that violently suppressed them at the beginning of the year, US President Donald Trump issued many warnings to Iran.

But Trump "insisted" on Wednesday, during talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, that he wanted to continue talks with Iran to reach an agreement.

During his meeting with Netanyahu, Trump “insists” on continuing talks with Iran

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he "insisted" during his talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House that he wanted to continue talks with Iran to reach an agreement.

For his part, Netanyahu defended the need to include his country's "security needs" in these talks.

The meeting at the White House between the US President and the Israeli leader lasted nearly three hours. In a relatively unusual move, the seventh meeting between the two men since the 79-year-old Republican president's return to power was held completely away from the eyes of the press.

Welcome to this live coverage of the developments regarding the tension between Washington and Tehran

France 24/ Agencies

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