Araghchi struck a defiant note going into the indirect talks with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner. “I am in Geneva with real ideas to achieve a fair and equitable deal. What is not on the table: submission before threats,” he growled in a post on X.
Araghchi’s ultimate superior, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was even more defiant, threatening to sink a U.S. aircraft carrier if President Trump followed through on his threats to use more airstrikes against Iran’s illicit nuclear program.