US can't allow Iran to retain even 1% enrichment capability, Witkoff tells ABC

The flight, operated by Flynas, arrived at Imam Khomeini International Airport on May 18 as part of the 2025 Hajj operations.

This service is part of an agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia to facilitate the transportation of Iranian pilgrims to this year’s Hajj pilgrimage.

Under the terms of the agreement, Flynas is responsible for flights from Mashhad and part of the routes from Tehran, while Iran Air will handle the remaining routes.

Flynas is expected to operate 224 round-trip flights by July 1, transporting approximately 37,000 Iranian pilgrims, according to Iranian media.

In January 2024, flights to Saudi Arabia for Iranian pilgrims traveling for Umrah were canceled due to "technical disagreements" between the two countries. However, in April, Saudi Arabia reinstated the pilgrimage flights, allowing 90,000 Iranians to participate in the 2024 Hajj.

Tehran and Riyadh reached an agreement in February 2023 to resume diplomatic relations after a seven-year diplomatic hiatus. The agreement, mediated by China during the visit of then Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Shamkhani to Beijing, paved the way for a subsequent trip by Ebrahim Raisi, then President of the Islamic Republic, to Saudi Arabia.

Kamal Kharrazi, a foreign policy advisor to Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, said on Sunday that Iran remains open to negotiations but stressed that its nuclear capabilities are irreversible and cannot be dismantled through pressure.

“We will not allow anyone to threaten Iran. Anyone who threatens Iran will face a response,” Kharrazi said at the Tehran Dialogue Forum. “Iran’s nuclear technology has reached an irreversible stage. It is based on indigenous knowledge and cannot be eliminated,"

Kharrazi, who also leads the country’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, said Tehran would consider limiting uranium enrichment to 3.67 percent if US sanctions are lifted.

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Tehran does not see Arab economic growth as a threat, Ali Akbar Velayati, senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader, told The New York Times.

He also dismissed Donald Trump’s remarks during his regional tour.
He said Iran’s strength compels global powers to seek a deal: “We are independent, self-confident and powerful.”

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Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the timing for the fifth round of negotiations with the United States has been finalized and will be announced soon.
“The time for negotiations has been determined and will be made public shortly,” Araghchi said.

In response to a question about whether the Omani foreign minister had delivered a written message from the Americans, he said: “We received no written message.”

The United States must pursue an agreement with Iran to safeguard its interests in the region, reformist politician Mohammad Ali Abtahi wrote on X.

“America needs to be able to reach a deal with Iran,” he wrote.
Abtahi argued that Washington’s strategy has shifted toward economic engagement with Arab states, making direct diplomacy with Tehran a necessary step.

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