Iran open to compromises for nuke deal: Minister

Iran is ready to consider compromises to ​reach a nuclear deal ​with the United States if Washington is willing to discuss lifting sanctions, Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi told the BBC in an interview published on Sunday.
Iran has said it is prepared to discuss curbs on its nuclear programme in return for ⁠the lifting of sanctions, but has repeatedly ruled out linking the ⁠issue to other questions, including missiles.
Takht-Ravanchi confirmed that a second round of nuclear talks would take place on Tuesday in Geneva, after Tehran and Washington resumed discussions in ‌Oman earlier this month. '(Initial talks went) ​more or less ⁠in a positive direction, but it is too early ​to judge,' Takht-Ravanchi told the BBC.
A U.S. ‌delegation, including envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, will meet with the Iranians on Tuesday morning, ​a source had told Reuters on Friday, with Omani representatives mediating the US-Iran contacts.
Iran's atomic chief said on Monday the country could agree to dilute its most highly enriched uranium in exchange for all financial sanctions being lifted. Takht-Ravanchi used ‌this example in the BBC interview to highlight Iran's flexibility.
The senior ​diplomat reiterated Tehran's stance that it would not accept zero uranium enrichment, ​which ‌had ⁠been a key impediment to reaching a deal last year, with the US viewing enrichment inside Iran as a pathway to nuclear weapons. Iran denies ​seeking such nuclear weapons.
During his first term ⁠in office, Trump ​pulled the U.S. out of a 2015 Iran nuclear agreement, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the signature foreign policy achievement of former Democratic President Barack Obama. The deal eased sanctions on Iran in ​exchange for Tehran limiting its nuclear programme to prevent it ​from being able to make an atomic bomb.