Witkoff at Miami forum: 'We think there will be meetings with Iran this week' — 15-point deal on table
US Special Envoy Witkoff at Miami investment forum (Axios additional quotes): Conditions include Iran ending uranium enrichment — 'no second North Korea in the Middle East.' 'We have an extension of the deadline for Iran. We see it as a real positive. We are negotiating with the Iranians. We may have a different definition of negotiating than they do. But we are talking to them.' Iran letting ships through Hormuz: 'good sign.' 'The president wants a peace deal. But without pressure, you don't get anybody to the table. We are prepared to solve this diplomatically.' Also: 'We think there will be meetings with Iran this week.'
Actor responses
Witkoff (Miami): 'We think there will be meetings with Iran this week. We're certainly hopeful for it. We have a 15-point deal on the table that the Iranians have had for a bit of time. We expect an answer from them, and it would solve it all.'
Iran's senior official said the counter-proposal decision is delayed by today's strikes but expected 'today or tomorrow.' Witkoff's public statement that meetings are expected 'this week' creates pressure on Tehran to deliver a response despite the nuclear/industrial strikes.
Israel has not commented on Witkoff's public meeting-this-week statement. Netanyahu and Vance had a tense call over war objectives; Israel's preference for regime change vs. the US 15-point deal remains an unresolved tension.
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