US calls enrichment ‘red line’ ahead of talks with Iran

WASHINGTON: The United States and Iran will hold a new round of nuclear talks on Sunday (today) in Oman ahead of a visit to the region by Donald Trump, whose key negotiator staked out an increasingly hard line on the issue of uranium enrichment. Trump, who will visit three other Gulf Arab monarchies next week, has voiced hope for reaching a deal with Tehran to avert an Israeli military strike on Iran’s nuclear programme that could ignite a wider war. Three previous rounds of talks in Oman