Iran's missile capabilities are its red line and are not a subject to be negotiated, Ali Shamkhani, an adviser to Ayatollah Khamenei, said on Wednesday, according to Nournews.
On Friday, Iran and the United States started high-stakes negotiations via Omani mediation regarding Tehran's nuclear program.
Iran has reportedly rejected US calls to halt uranium enrichment, but said it was willing to discuss the “level and purity” of enrichment or a regional consortium.
Trump issues further threats to Iran
US President Donald Trump has affirmed that Iran does want to make a deal with the US, adding that it “would be very foolish if they didn’t.”
“They weren’t talking to anyone else, but they’re talking to me… we took out their nuclear power last time, and we’ll have to see if we’ll take out more this time,” he said, referencing June 2025’s 12-day war in which joint US-Israeli strikes destroyed much of Iran’s nuclear arms production infrastructure.
On Tuesday, Trump told N12 that he was considering sending a second aircraft carrier strike group to the Middle East in case the negotiations with the Islamic Republic fail.
The US president explained that the Islamic Republic "really wants to make a deal" and added that he believes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is interested in reaching one.
"I don't think Netanyahu is out of the negotiations with Iran. He wants a deal, too. He wants a good deal," Trump noted.
James Genn, Goldie Katz, and Tobias Holcman contributed to this report.