Iran on Friday sought support from Russia over a possible deal with Washington over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program, ahead of a second round of talks this weekend in Rome. Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said he briefed his Russian counterpart,

Iran has warned the United States that its apparently contradictory statements on nuclear talks put them at risk of falling apart. Newsweek has reached out to the U.S. State Department for comment. If the talks fail to reach a deal on Iran's nuclear program,

It hopes to secure an “interim agreement” with the United States that staves off the prospect of an attack on its nuclear program. It hopes to acquiesce only to limits on the rate at which it can enrich uranium — a temporary and reversible concession — that a pliant and gullible team of U.