{"id":199674,"date":"2026-02-08T17:03:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T17:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/israel-says-netanyahu-will-meet-with-trump-on-wednesday-about-iran-talks-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T17:03:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T17:03:18","slug":"israel-says-netanyahu-will-meet-with-trump-on-wednesday-about-iran-talks-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/israel-says-netanyahu-will-meet-with-trump-on-wednesday-about-iran-talks-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel says Netanyahu will meet with Trump on Wednesday about Iran talks – NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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JERUSALEM \u2014 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu <\/a>will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump<\/a> in Washington on Wednesday about American talks with Iran, his office said Saturday, while Iran\u2019s foreign minister threatened U.S. military bases in the region a day after the discussions.
\u201cThe prime minister believes that all negotiations must include limiting the ballistic missiles, and ending support for the Iranian axis,\u201d Netanyahu\u2019s office said in a brief statement, referring to Tehran\u2019s support for militant groups, including Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in the Palestinian territories. Trump and Netanyahu last met in December.
There was no immediate White House comment.
The U.S. and the Islamic Republic of Iran held indirect talks on Friday in Oman<\/a> that appeared to return to the starting point on how to approach discussions over Tehran\u2019s nuclear program.
Trump called the talks \u201cvery good\u201d<\/a> and said more were planned for early next week. Washington was represented by Middle East special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Trump\u2019s son-in-law.
Trump has repeatedly threatened to use force to compel Iran to reach a deal on its nuclear program after sending the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln<\/a> and other warships to the region amid Tehran\u2019s crackdown on nationwide protests that killed thousands.
Gulf Arab nations fear an attack could spark a regional war<\/a>, with memories fresh of the 12-day Israel-Iran war in June.
For the first time in negotiations with Iran, the U.S. on Friday brought its top military commander in the Middle East to the table. U.S. Navy Adm. Brad Cooper, head of the military\u2019s Central Command, then visited the USS Abraham Lincoln on Saturday with Witkoff and Kushner, the command said in a statement.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told journalists Friday that \u201cnuclear talks and the resolution of the main issues must take place in a calm atmosphere, without tension and without threats.\u201d He said that diplomats would return to their capitals, signaling that this round of negotiations was over.
On Saturday, Araghchi told the Al Jazeera satellite news network that if the U.S. attacks Iran, his country doesn\u2019t have the ability to strike the U.S. \u201cand therefore has to attack or retaliate against U.S. bases in the region.\u201d
He said there is \u201cvery, very deep distrust\u201d after what happened during the previous talks, when the U.S. bombed Iranian nuclear sites during last year\u2019s Israel-Iran war.
Araghchi also said the \u201cmissile issue\u201d and other defense matters are \u201cin no way negotiable, neither now nor at any time in the future.\u201d
Tehran has maintained that these talks will be only on its nuclear program.
However, Al Jazeera reported that diplomats from Egypt, Turkey and Qatar offered Iran a proposal in which Tehran would halt enrichment for three years, send its highly enriched uranium out of the country and pledge to \u201cnot initiate the use of ballistic missiles.\u201d
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday that the talks needed to include all those issues.
Israel, a close U.S. ally, believes Iran is pursuing a nuclear weapon<\/a> and wants its program scrapped, though Iran has insisted that its atomic plans are for peaceful purposes. Israel also wants a halt to Iran\u2019s ballistic missile program and its support for militant groups in the region.
Araghchi, speaking at a forum in Qatar on Saturday, accused Israel of destabilizing the region, saying that it \u201cbreaches sovereignties, it assassinates official dignitaries, it conducts terrorist operations, it expands its reach in multiple theaters.\u201d He criticized Israel\u2019s treatment of Palestinians and called for \u201ccomprehensive and targeted sanctions against Israel, including an immediate arms embargo.\u201d
The Associated Press
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news AlertsThere are no new alerts at this timeJERUSALEM \u2014 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Wednesday about American talks with Iran, his office said Saturday, while Iran\u2019s foreign minister threatened U.S. military bases in the region a day after the discussions.\u201cThe prime minister believes that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":199675,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-199674","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-us","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199674\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}