WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff will travel to Rome on Friday for a new round of talks with an Iranian delegation over Tehran's nuclear program, a source briefed on the matter said on Thursday.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has lashed out at the U.S. president, accusing him of lying about his intentions to use American power for peace.

Iran’s president says his country will continue talks over its rapidly advancing nuclear program but will not withdraw from its rights because of U.S. threats.

Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s chief Iran negotiator, offered the clearest outlines of the administration’s position in talks over Tehran’s nuclear program.

Senior Iranian cleric Ahmad Khatami criticized President Trump amid rising tensions as nuclear talks continue in Rome.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said negotiations with the US over his country’s nuclear program are unlikely to result in a deal and called the Trump administration’s latest demands on Iran “outrageous.

Reaching a deal with Iran will test the harder-line wing of Mr. Trump’s supporters in the Republican Party and whether they will fall in line with what would be a departure from their longstanding demands that Iran dismantle its nuclear program. More than 200 congressional Republicans urged him in a letter this week to stand firm with Iran.

Israel is preparing for a possible strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, despite the Trump administration’s efforts to forge a diplomatic deal with Tehran, according to new report that cites

The Iranian economy increasingly moves with U.S. political shifts, exposing reliance on foreign headlines over internal stability.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that Iran has an American proposal over its rapidly advancing nuclear program as negotiations between the two countries go on.

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Washington is “very close” to reaching a nuclear deal with Iran after Tehran “sort of” agreed to its terms.