{"id":293041,"date":"2026-02-15T20:13:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T20:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/293041\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T20:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T20:13:09","slug":"iran-us-deal-unlikely-american-israeli-officials-believe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/293041\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran-US deal unlikely, American, Israeli officials believe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just days before Tuesday\u2019s meeting in Geneva between United States President Donald Trump\u2019s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner and Iran\u2019s foreign minister, officials in both the US and Israel assess that the chances of a deal between Iran and the US<\/a> are slim.<\/p>\n

The Iranian foreign minister, leading a delegation\u00a0of representatives from political, legal, technical, and economic fields, is expected to meet with\u00a0International Atomic Energy Agency<\/a> chief Rafael Grossi on Monday, who would oversee any nuclear agreement to ensure compliance.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi said in an interview with the BBC that Iran is willing to consider concessions to reach a nuclear deal with the United States if Washington shows readiness to discuss lifting sanctions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ball is in the American court to prove they want an agreement<\/a>, and if they are sincere, I\u2019m sure we\u2019ll be on the path to one.\u201d Takht-Ravanchi clarified that reducing uranium enrichment to zero is not on the table for Iran. \u201cIt is not part of the negotiations,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the Conference of Presidents (COP) on Sunday, Netanyahu discussed his recent trip to Washington to meet Trump and said their discussions focused mainly on Iran. \u201cThe president is determined to exhaust diplomatic options and believes Iran understands it missed an opportunity last time, and there is a high chance they won\u2019t miss it this time,\u201d the prime minister said, adding that he expressed skepticism about any deal with Iran.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven if a deal can be reached, it must include components that safeguard the security of Israel, the United States, and the world,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Netanyahu outlined what he believes the US should demand of Iran: \u201cFirst, all nuclear enrichment must be prevented; all equipment and materials for developing nuclear weapons must be destroyed, along with all ballistic missiles. Iran must cease all support for terrorist activities. There must be effective and genuine oversight to ensure compliance.\u201d<\/p>\n

After returning from his meeting with Trump, Netanyahu held a series of discussions with security chiefs and a small group of ministers on regional issues.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s army chief of staff, General Abdolrahim Mousavi, said on Sunday that Trump must understand that any battle against Iran would teach him a historic lesson. \u201cAny conflict with Iran will prevent Trump from imposing global hegemony once and for all. If Trump wants war, I wonder why he is talking about negotiations?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just days before Tuesday\u2019s meeting in Geneva between United States President Donald Trump\u2019s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284162,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[49,54,42,87,46,43,40,38,41,39,1032],"class_list":["post-293041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-benjamin-netanyahu","tag-donald-trump","tag-headlines","tag-iran","tag-israel","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}