Iran will no longer engage in nuclear talks with the United States, state media has reported. The decision came after Israel, one of the U.S.’s top allies, launched an attack on the country’s nuclear facilities.
Israel launched a series of strikes against Iran directed at disabling its nuclear program and ballistic missile capabilities and decapitating its military leadership early Thursday morning. The attack took out top Iranian leaders, including Gen. Hossein Salami, the chief commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and multiple nuclear scientists.
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In a statement responding to the Israeli attack, President Donald Trump pressed Iran to make a deal with the U.S. “before there is nothing left.”
However, Iran has disregarded the call for de-escalation and launched roughly one hundred retaliatory strikes, saying it plans to suspend negotiations with the Trump administration indefinitely, according to Oman News Agency and Iranian state media.
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“The Zionist enemy carried out this attack with the help of the United States and targeted residential areas,” a spokesperson for the Iranian armed forces told Ahmram Online Friday. “Israel will pay a heavy price and should expect a strong response from us. That response will definitely come.”
The apparent setback in nuclear talks comes after the Trump administration said Thursday evening that it still hoped to send Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff to Oman this weekend for a sixth round of nuclear talks with Iran.