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The head of Iranian diplomacy Abbas Araghchi declared on Saturday that he had agreed with the United States to hold a new session of talks "soon", saying he was ready to conclude an agreement which "reassures" with Washington on the subject of nuclear power. Earlier, US President Donald Trump praised the "very good" discussions underway with Iran, saying that negotiations would continue "early next week". Find the thread for February 7, 2026.

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🎥 Iran, a month of protests and bloody repression told in pictures

Benjamin Netanyahu will meet Donald Trump on Wednesday in Washington

⁠Benjamin Netanyahu plans to meet with US President Donald Trump on Wednesday in Washington, where the two men will discuss negotiations between the United States and Iran, his office said.

He "believes that it is necessary to include in any negotiation the limitation of ballistic missiles and the freezing of support for the Iranian axis", a reference to armed groups allied with Iran in the region, according to the press release.

Steve Witkoff aboard the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln

Donald Trump's envoy for the Middle East traveled aboard the American aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln to the Gulf region, the day after talks with Iran which are due to resume next week.

“Today, Admiral Brad Cooper, head of US Naval Forces Central Command, Jared Kushner and I met with the courageous sailors and Marines aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln (...) who keep us safe and uphold President Trump's message of peace and strength,” Steve Witkoff wrote on X.

A famous Iranian activist arrested after a text critical of power

Ghorban Behzadian-Nejad, a figure of activism in Iran, was in turn arrested for his contribution to a message critical of the government written in the wake of the repressed demonstrations, reported the Iranian daily Shargh.

Other personalities, who provided their support and signed this text, have been arrested in recent days.

🎥 Exclusive: Iran, the massacred revolt

France 24 has gathered the moving testimonies of several actors or victims of the revolt in Iran.

A report which traces the chronology of events since December 28. As well as the period of repression, before, after, and while the internet was cut between January 8 and 11.

It is the largest massacre committed in Iran since the establishment of the Islamic Republic in 1979.

From our journalists Mariam Pirzadeh, editor-in-chief at France 24, Bahar Makooi, journalist at France24.com, and Ershad Alijani, journalist at France 24 Observers with illustrations by Adel Gastel and Julie Dungelhoeff.

In Berlin, thousands of Iranian opponents demand the fall of the Islamic Republic

Some 8,000 Iranian opponents and their supporters, according to German police, gathered in Berlin, demanding the fall of the Islamic Republic, AFP journalists noted.

They were mobilized at the call of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, political showcase of the exiled opposition group People's Mojahedin of Iran (PMOI or MEK), considered "terrorist" by Tehran. This group was also classified on the terrorist list of the United States before 2012 and that of the European Union before 2009.

Urging the crowd, People's Mojahedin leader Maryam Rajavi "called on world leaders to listen to the Iranian people's call for freedom."

In Iran, 11 members of a “terrorist group” arrested

Eleven people belonging to the Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan (PJAK), a group considered "terrorist" by Iran, were arrested before committing acts of sabotage, state television reported.

They were “in direct contact with PJAK elements” and “sought to carry out sabotage actions and disrupt the security of the population,” said the Fars news agency. “They were identified and arrested before they could act,” the agency added, citing Mohsen Karimi, a Revolutionary Guard official.

⬇️ Only the nuclear aspect would have been discussed during the discussions between Iran and the United States

Iran says it has agreed with Washington to hold a new session of talks “soon”.

🔎 By the editorial staff of France 24: portrait of Naïm Qassem, “default leader” of Hezbollah ⤵️

Iran's ballistic program can "never be negotiated" with Washington (Iranian minister)

The head of Iranian diplomacy Abbas Araghchi affirmed that his country's ballistic program could "never be negotiated" with the United States, the day after discussions with Washington on the subject of nuclear power.

“The issue of missiles can never be negotiated because it is a defense issue,” said Abbas Araghchi during an interview with the Al Jazeera channel, according to extracts broadcast on his Telegram account.

Iran says it is ready to conclude an agreement that reassures the United States on nuclear power

Iran will target US bases in region if Washington attacks, warns Abbas Araghtchi

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned that Tehran would target American bases in the region if the United States attacked his country.

“It is not possible to attack American soil if Washington attacks us, but we will target their bases in the region,” he said.

Iran says it has agreed with Washington to hold a new session of talks “soon”

The head of Iranian diplomacy Abbas Araghchi said he had agreed with the United States to hold a new session of talks “soon”, saying he was ready to conclude an agreement that “reassures” with Washington on the subject of nuclear power.

“At present, no specific date has been set for a second session of negotiations, but we and Washington believe that they should be held soon,” he said in an interview with the Al Jazeera channel, according to excerpts broadcast on his Telegram account.

“(Nuclear) enrichment is our inalienable right and must continue (...) We are ready for a reassuring agreement on enrichment,” he said, adding that although the discussions Friday in Oman were “indirect,” “a chance presented itself to shake hands with the American delegation.”

The head of Iranian diplomacy reports a “handshake” with the Americans

🎥 An “inextricable situation”: for Trump, “all that remains is the solution of negotiations”, analyzes Sébastien Regnault

“There are good reasons to think that we are moving in the right direction, towards an agreement between Iran and the United States,” said Sébastien Regnault, Iran specialist and author of “Iranian Modernity” (L'Harmattan).

“We have come a long way,” he continues, referring to the “twelve-day war”, led last June by Israel on Iranian territory. “Negotiations were underway between the Trump administration and Iran, but Netanyahu by attacking Iran caused these negotiations to break down.”

>> Iran-Israel: the story of 12 days of open war

"Donald Trump is in an inextricable situation because he sees that the room for maneuver is small: military strikes could lead to escalation in the region, a decapitation of the regime could lead to chaos and civil war. So all that remains is the solution of negotiations." ⤵️

🔎 Read: a survivor tells France 24 about the mass killing carried out by the Iranian authorities

"The atmosphere was incredible and strange. The street was in the hands of the people. Then in the blink of an eye, I heard nothing other than the Kalashnikovs" testifies Ali, survivor of what will remain as one of the worst massacres perpetrated by the Iranian authorities, the number of victims of which would amount to nearly 30,000 dead, according to senior officials of the Iranian Ministry of Health cited by the American media Time. ⤵️

Iran's trading partners threatened with new US tariffs

Donald Trump signed a decree threatening from Saturday the threat of additional customs duties to countries that continue to trade with Iran, despite the holding of discussions that he deemed "very good" with the Islamic Republic.

According to this document, signed on Friday and entered into force on Saturday, surcharges "may be imposed on products imported into the United States that are produced by any country that purchases, imports directly or indirectly, or otherwise acquires goods or services from Iran."

The White House did not specify whether the formalization of these new trade sanctions was linked to the negotiations which took place Friday in Oman between American and Iranian envoys.

Talks only on the nuclear aspect, as demanded by Tehran

According to the Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs, the talks only focused on the nuclear aspect, in accordance with what Tehran demands, while Washington asks that Iran's support for various armed groups hostile to Israel and its ballistic missile program be also discussed.

The talks were the first since U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites in June, during the 12-day war sparked by an Israeli attack on Iran.

>> Negotiations in Oman: the main points of friction between the United States and Iran

They were held while Donald Trump deployed a large American naval force in the Gulf and increased threats of military intervention in Iran, first in response to the bloody repression by the Iranian government of the protest movement in early January and then due to the Iranian nuclear program.

With AFP and Reuters

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