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Iran-US indirect talks
Iran’s foreign minister says the US has not asked Tehran for permanent zero enrichment during the Oman-mediated talks, stressing that the discussions remain focused on keeping Iran’s nuclear program peaceful. Speaking in an interview with American news channel MS NOW, Abbas Araghchi added that sanctions on Tehran should be removed in exchange. He emphasized that a deal between Iran and the US remains achievable while noting that it should be fair and based on a win-win solution. Iran’s top diplomat also revealed that the next step in the talks is for him to present a draft of a possible deal to his American counterparts. Araghchi said he believes that in the next two to three days, that draft would be ready after final confirmation by his superiors. He said after that, the draft would be handed to US envoy Steve Witkoff. Tehran and Washington held the second round of their talks on February 17 in the Swiss city of Geneva.
US Pacific strikes
At least three more people have been killed after a US attack on a vessel in the eastern Pacific as part of Washington’s so-called fight against narcotics. US Southern Command which oversees military operations in Latin America and the Caribbean, made the statement in a social media post. It claims that the attack targeted a drug smuggling boat. No evidence was provided to support the US military’s claim that the three victims were involved in drug trafficking. Since September, the US has carried out some 43 attacks against vessels in the eastern Pacific and Caribbean Sea, killing at least 148 people. International law and human rights experts have repeatedly said such attacks amount to extrajudicial executions, with the victims having a right to due process under the law.
EU rifts on Ukraine
Hungary says it will block a 90-billion-Euro loan the EU is planning to give to Ukraine, if Kiev refuses to reopen a Russian pipeline that delivers oil and gas to Hungary and Slovakia. The Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, made the threat after Kiev shut down oil deliveries through the Druzhba pipeline which runs through its territory. The closure prompted Slovakia to declare a state of emergency over energy supplies. Hungarian Prime Minister also threatened to cut power and gas exports to Ukraine. Meanwhile, Kiev has claimed the pipeline was shut down due to damage caused by a Russian attack. Before the Russia-Ukraine war, Moscow supplied 45 percent of the EU’s gas and 27 percent of its oil. Although those figures have fallen sharply, but still Hungary, Slovakia, France, the Netherlands, and Belgium rely on Russian energy supplies.
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