Trump says Iran talking 'seriously' with US about nuclear curbs
Newshour
BBC
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🗓️ 1 February 2026
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
President Trump says the Iranians are talking "seriously" with the United States about curbs on their nuclear programme. Iran's supreme leader warns if America attacks, there'll be regional war.
We'll be asking where concessions might be made to prevent a military confrontation.
Also in the programme: A second woman says she was trafficked to the UK by Jeffrey Epstein for sex with the former prince, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor; a new exhibition explores the legacy of Japan's Samurai warriors; and Carlos Alcaraz triumphs over Novak Djokovic to become the youngest man to win a career Grand Slam in tennis.
(Photo shows Donald Trump speaking after disembarking from Air Force One in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., January 31, 2026. Nathan Howard/Reuters)
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:08.5 | Hello and welcome to NewsHour from the BBC World Service coming to live from London. I'm Sean Lay. |
| 0:18.1 | US President Donald Trump says Iran is now talking seriously with the US |
| 0:22.1 | about a deal to prevent Iran developing nuclear weapons. The head of the Iranian Supreme |
| 0:27.4 | National Security Council said structural arrangements for negotiations are progressing, suggesting |
| 0:33.1 | the two sides have yet to progress to actual talks. Simultaneously, both sides are flexing their military muscle. |
| 0:40.0 | Washington is deployed a sizable naval force headed by the Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier |
| 0:45.5 | to the Gulf. |
| 0:46.8 | Tehran is about to commence widely advertised live fire exercises there. |
| 0:51.7 | On Sunday, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali said if the US does attack, |
| 0:57.4 | it will lead to a regional war. Meanwhile, parliamentarians dressed in the uniform of the Iranian |
| 1:03.7 | Revolutionary Guard Corps, which was prescribed as a terror organisation by Europe on Thursday, |
| 1:09.8 | chanted the familiar phrase, death to America. |
| 1:16.8 | And the Speaker of Iran's Parliament, Mohammed Haleb-Havah hit out at the European Union's decision |
| 1:27.3 | to designate Iran's |
| 1:28.7 | Revolutionary Guard as a terror group. |
| 1:34.0 | The armies of European countries are considered terrorist groups, and the European Union |
| 1:39.5 | will be held responsible for the consequences of this action. Such attacks further strengthen social solidarity |
| 1:47.1 | in support of the Revolutionary Guards, helping to preserve the dignity and national security of our |
| 1:53.1 | country. Well, let's speak now to Human Marjt, an Iranian-American writer who joins us on the line |
| 1:59.9 | from New York. Welcome to News Zah, Mr. Marist. |
| 2:02.9 | Thank you. Can I ask you, first of all, the atmospherics don't sound terribly encouraging. |
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