Are US-Iran Talks Actually Happening?
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BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 24 March 2026
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Today, we try and get to the bottom of whether or not Iran and the US might be meeting at the negotiating table.
Whilst President Trump has previously said the two countries have already had productive conversations, Iran has denied the reports.
Lyse Doucet, chief international correspondent and Parham Ghobadi, senior reporter for BBC Persian explain who might be involved if talks do go ahead and the latest we know about what’s happening inside Iran.
Plus, Faisal Islam joins Adam for a deep dive into how all the uncertainty is affecting the economy. They unpack Rachel Reeves’ address to the House of Commons today and the measures she might take if the situation continues to escalate.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:06.0 | Hello, confusion rains over whether the US and Iran are having talks about ending their war. |
| 0:13.0 | From the White House's perspective, the talks are happening and they're going swimmingly, |
| 0:16.7 | although we're not sure exactly how they're happening. |
| 0:18.5 | From Iran's perspective, they're not happening at all. |
| 0:38.4 | We'll try and get to the bottom of what's going on in this episode of Newscast. Newscast from the BBC. Fat boy sliver me in the classroom doing our violin lessons. I was the tattletail in the class. Can I have an apology, please? I trust almost nobody. That daddy has to sometimes do strong language. Next time in Moscow. |
| 0:40.2 | I feel delulu with no salulu. |
| 0:53.9 | Take me down to Downey Street. Let's go have a tour. Blimey. Hello, it's Adam in the studio. And in the moment, we'll focus on what's going on between the US and Iran. And later on in the episode, we'll be catching up with Faisal Islam because Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor, |
| 0:55.7 | did a statement in Parliament at lunchtime on Tuesday. and Iran. And later on in the episode, we'll be catching up with Faisal Islam because Rachel Reeves, |
| 0:54.9 | the Chancellor, did a statement in Parliament at lunchtime on Tuesday, talking about the government's |
| 1:00.3 | thoughts about economic support in the face of the market turmoil and increasing energy bills |
| 1:05.8 | as a result of the conflict in the Middle East. But first of all, what is going on with these negotiations between |
| 1:12.9 | the US and Iran? I was confused listening to yesterday's newscasts. Let's see if I become |
| 1:19.8 | less confused when we talk about it now, because here to help me work out what's going on in the |
| 1:24.0 | newscast studio is Lease Doucette. Hello, Lease. Good to join you, Adam. It's a bit |
| 1:27.6 | worrying that when I join you too often. Well, I mean, it's still nice to see. It's always nice to see you on a personal level. It is nice. And it is really nice to be here with our other guests. Thank you. It's my pleasure to be here. Yeah, that's Parham Gobadi, a senior reporter from BBC Persian. Hello, Parham. Welcome to Newscast. I'm really happy to be here with you guys. I mean, |
| 1:44.3 | working on the BBC's Persian service in the last couple of weeks, what's it been like? |
| 1:49.0 | Hectic, really hectic. So I remember the first day that the war broke out. I was on air for 24 |
| 1:55.2 | hours. Wow. So yeah. Even Lisa's impressed by that. No, no, no, because I watch on the, we have this, like everyone around the world, everyone has WhatsApp groups. |
| 2:07.1 | And people like you and others don't go to sleep. |
| 2:10.8 | Because, and sometimes I feel guilty. |
| 2:12.6 | I'll go to bed early in the morning and I think I can't do anymore. |
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