Trump: US-Iran talks in New York 'very fruitful' for 3 hours

On the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly meetings, President Donald Trump said that Washington and Tehran held a "very good" meeting in New York on Tuesday, expressing his expectation that a settlement will be reached.

Trump added, following his meeting with British Prime Minister Andy Burnham, "They want to talk to us. They have been talking to us, and even today (Tuesday) they were talking to us, and the relationship is developing. But we cannot allow them—and they know this—we cannot allow them to possess a nuclear weapon."

He continued, noting that envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff met with the Iranian delegation for three hours, describing the meeting as "extremely good and very productive," while confirming that further talks are scheduled for "the very near future."

Secretary of State Marco Rubio reiterated that the United States is open to meeting with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of the General Assembly, but clarified that no date for such a meeting has been set yet. Meanwhile, a senior Iranian official described the New York meetings as a "golden opportunity for the United States to return to diplomacy," adding that Tehran would welcome the revival of diplomacy if Washington takes concrete steps.

Rubio told NBC, "We are open to this idea. I don't believe there is a meeting scheduled at this time, but we are fully open to such an initiative (...) especially if it can lead to something positive and ultimately achieve the ultimate goal of this entire issue, which is that Iran never acquires a nuclear weapon."

In Tehran, a senior official told Reuters that the Iranian delegation in New York has full authority to revive the talks, despite no plans for direct meetings between the American and Iranian presidents.

He added, "The United States must declare its desire to resolve the issue diplomatically, make that official, and then agree on a timeline for how to move forward with the process."