U.S. and Iran resume indirect talks in New York
U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi took part in indirect talks during the UN General Assembly, with Qatari mediators carrying messages between the sides. Iran set out conditions for diplomacy, while the U.S. delegation rejected an Iranian proposal concerning the Strait of Hormuz; officials offered differing assessments of the talks, and no major breakthrough was reported.
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First reported among our outlets by TASS (Russia), · most coverage from South Korea (2), Venezuela (1), United States (1), Türkiye (1)
What the parties said
United States
Steve and Jared had a very productive meeting today with mediators of Iran, merely mediators.
They've been mediated for a while, but I think there's a lot of momentum for them to make a deal.
Today, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, we engaged in lengthy talks with the Iranian delegation through the mediators, who shuttled between the two sides…
Iran
Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said Tehran had engaged with the United States through a Qatari mediator in New York and conveyed conditions, including an end…
Coverage
PBS NewsHour · United States23 Sep 22:55At UN General Assembly, Iran's president responds to Trump's 'annihilation' threat
U.S. and Iranian officials signaled no major breakthroughs in mediated talks.
The Hankyoreh · South KoreaIranian president at UN: “We are victims of terrorism… we are ready to negotiate”
Yonhap News Agency · South Korea23 Sep 19:10“US rejects Iran’s proposal to ‘open the Strait of Hormuz’… ‘It has no control’”
Clarín · Argentina23 Sep 11:00Iran downplays indirect talks with the US and other Middle East news
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teleSUR English · Venezuela24 Sep 12:38A New Attack on Iran Could Spread the War to the Indian Ocean
Iranian and U.S. representatives held indirect talks this week on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, with no progress reported.
Okaz · Saudi Arabia23 Sep 10:37Trump: Two options for Tehran… Witkoff-Iran talks “very good”
Hürriyet · Türkiye23 Sep 21:33Ambassador to Ankara Barrack: President Erdoğan and Trump get along very well
TASS · Russia23 Sep 01:53Witkoff calls consultations with Iran through mediators successful
Today, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, we engaged in lengthy talks with the Iranian delegation through the mediators, who shuttled between the two sides…
The Hindu · India23 Sep 11:38Hope for progress after U.S., Iran hold first shuttle talks in months
Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said Tehran had engaged with the United States through a Qatari mediator in New York and conveyed conditions, including an end…
Where accounts differ
How productive the talks were
Witkoff called the consultations successful, and Trump described them as productive with momentum toward a deal.
he considers the consultations with the Iranian side through mediators held in New York successful.
U.S. and Iranian officials signaled that there had been no major breakthrough.
U.S. and Iranian officials signaled no major breakthroughs in mediated talks.
When the previous ceasefire collapsed
Clarín described the June ceasefire as having collapsed.
The Hindu said the interim ceasefire collapsed in July.
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner communicated through mediators on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, the…