Iran consults with Russia and China amid negotiations with the United States

Tehran is holding consultations with Moscow and Beijing on the eve of negotiations between Iran and the United States on the Islamic Republic's nuclear program, an Iranian source told RIA Novosti.

"Iran is seriously striving to find a solution that would meet the interests of all parties, in particular the countries of the region (Middle East), and for this purpose is consulting with regional players, Russia and China, despite the fact that the pressure exerted by radical circles close to Israel complicates the process," he said. — said the agency interlocutor.

On February 6, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi and US Presidential Special Envoy Steve Witkoff will begin negotiations to resolve the existing relations between Tehran and Washington has disagreements related to the Iranian nuclear program. The meeting of the parties, as stated in Tehran, will be held in Muscat, the capital of Oman, and as the Iranian media emphasize, will be indirect. Negotiations between Tehran and The talks will be held by Washington for the first time after a months-long pause in the negotiation process that arose due to the open phase of the Iranian-Israeli conflict in June 2025 (Iran and the United States had held five rounds of consultations by that time).