Both US, Iran want positive talk outcome, Iran's ex-nuclear chief says

Former head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, Ali Akbar Salehi, said Monday that both Iran and the US are determined to reach a positive conclusion in their negotiations, warning that failure would further complicate matters.

Salehi said that the complexity of issues will escalate with time, leading to a more entangled situation. He cautioned that derailed talks would have detrimental consequences for all, resulting in undesirable outcomes.

“As time passes, the complexity of these issues will increase, turning into an even more tangled situation than the current one,” Salehi said.

He downplayed the risk of conflict, describing President Trump as "a person who does not take uncalculated risks to unnecessarily involve America,” adding that a US military attack on Iran would lead to a prolonged conflict for years.