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'Goalposts being moved' as Iran hits out at change of location for nuclear talks with US
Iran appears to have hit out at the decision to change the venue of its latest nuclear talks with the US from Oman to Italy, saying the "goalposts were being moved" as it blamed "hawks".
Esmaeil Baghaei, a spokesperson for Iran's foreign ministry, seemed to reference the switch of location to Rome for the second round of negotiations this weekend when he said moving the goalposts in diplomacy could be seen as a "lack of seriousness". It had earlier been announced that the talks about Iran's rapidly advancing nuclear programme would resume in Oman.
Writing on X, Mr Baghaei said moving the goalposts in football "constitutes a professional foul and an unfair act". He added that in diplomacy "any such shifting… could simply risk any overtures falling apart".
Mr Baghaei said the move had been pushed by "hawks who fail to grasp the logic/art of commonsense deal-making". And he said the decision "could be perceived as a lack of seriousness, let alone good faith".
"We're still in testing mode," he said. During the first round of talks in Oman last weekend, the host nation's officials mediated between representatives of Iran and the US, who were seated in separate rooms, according to Mr Baghaei.
After the meeting, Oman's foreign minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi thanked Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi and US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff for joining the negotiations aimed at "global peace, security and stability.
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