2 wars later, US-Iran nuclear diplomacy returns to square one

TH Tom HussainSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-06-19 · 09:01 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min

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Following two wars, US-Iran diplomacy regarding Iran's nuclear program has returned to its previous state. On Wednesday, US President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed a memorandum of understanding to initiate talks. These discussions are expected to largely re-establish the diplomatic track that the US broke off in February. This previous track was built upon negotiations mediated by Oman, as part of a broader Gulf diplomatic initiative involving Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. During those earlier talks, both the US and Iran had been discussing the potential framework for Iran's nuclear program.

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A memorandum of understanding was signed by US President Donald Trump and Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian.

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The previous diplomatic track was built on Oman-mediated talks involving Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE.

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Diplomacy over Iran's nuclear program has returned to its pre-war state after two wars.

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The upcoming talks will largely resume the diplomatic track Washington broke off in February.

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After two wars in the space of a year, diplomacy over Iran’s nuclear programme has come back to much the same place it was before the fighting began.The memorandum of understanding signed by US President Donald Trump and his Iranian counterpart, Masoud Pezeshkian, on Wednesday sets up talks that non-proliferation experts said would largely resume the US-Iran diplomatic track Washington broke off in February.That track had built on Oman-mediated talks – part of a wider Gulf diplomatic effort that also involved Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates – in which both sides had been discussing the outlines of a possible nuclear framework.

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