Egypt highlights necessity of Iran-US nuclear talks resumption
Egypt's foreign minister on Saturday stressed the necessity of creating conditions to resume negotiations between Tehran and Washington with the goal of reaching a comprehensive agreement regarding Iran’s nuclear program.
According to Egypt’s Foreign Ministry, Badr Abdelatty made the remarks in separate phone calls with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi as well as the US Special Envoy for the Middle East Steve Witkoff.
The contacts came as a 10-year nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), expired on Saturday.
Earlier, the Egyptian foreign minister had also, in a phone conversation with Witkoff, reiterated Cairo’s positions in support of reducing tensions in the Middle East and the failure of a military solution to Iran’s nuclear program and other regional crises, the ministry said in its statement.
The UN Security Council Resolution 2231, which endorses the JCPOA, expired on October 18, 2025.
Several rounds of talks between Tehran and Washington, which began in April, to reach a new agreement on Iran’s nuclear program failed to yield any result following an aggression by Israel and the US against Iran in June.