US is in dialogue with Iran, envoy Witkoff says
US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff said on Wednesday that Iran is in a tough position but that Washington is carrying on a dialogue with its Mideast nemesis as new sanctions loom.
"With regard to Iran, we're talking to them. And why wouldn't we? We talk to everybody, as well we should. That's the job. Our job is to solve things diplomatically," Witkoff told the Concordia conference in New York on Wednesday.
"I would say with Iran that they're in a tough position. Now, snapbacks are going to ensue in what, two days or three days, something like that. And I think that we have no desire to hurt them," he added, referring to so-called "snapback" sanctions triggered by European states due for Sept. 28.
"I think we have a desire, however, to either realize a permanent solution and negotiate around snapbacks, and if we can't, then snapbacks will be what they are. They're the right medicine for what's happening."
