But Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said nuclear talks were now “scheduled” for Friday in Muscat. “I would say he should be very worried,” Trump said Wednesday in an interview with US broadcaster NBC News. Trump also said that Iran had eyed a new nuclear facility after US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites during Israel’s June war against the Islamic Republic. “They were thinking about starting a new site in a different part of the country,” Trump told NBC. But Iran has been under growing pressure from the protests and after an Israeli bombing campaign last year.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 05, 2026 12:15 UTC