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U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff plans to meetIranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Oman on Sunday and discussIran’s response to a recent American proposal for a nuclear deal, a U.S. official said late on Wednesday.

Iransaid on Monday itwill soon handa counter-proposal for a nuclear deal to the United States in response to a U.S. offer that Tehran deems “unacceptable,” while U.S. PresidentDonald Trumpsaid talks would continue.

Trumptold a podcaston Monday he was less confident thatIranwill agree to stop uranium enrichment in a nuclear deal with Washington.

Trump has been seeking a new nuclear deal to place limits onIran’s disputed uranium enrichment activities and has threatened the Islamic Republic with bombing if no agreement is reached.

Iranhas long said it has no plans to develop nuclear weapons and is only interested in atomic power generation and other peaceful projects.

During his first White House term, Trump withdrew the U.S. from a 2015 deal betweenIranand world powers that placed limits on Tehran’s uranium enrichment drive in exchange for relief from international sanctions.

Uneasy relations betweenIranand the U.S. go back decades. Tehran says Washington has interfered in its affairs, citing events ranging from a 1953 coup against a prime minister to the 2020 killing of its military commander in a U.S. drone strike.

Washington citesIran’s backing of militant groups in the Middle Eastincluding Hamasin Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen to say thatIranposes a threat to U.S. ally Israel and Washington’s interests in the region.

The militant groups describe themselves as the “Axis of Resistance” to Israeli and U.S. influence in the Middle East.

Trump said on Wednesday U.S. personnelwere being moved out of the Middle Eastbecause “it could be a dangerous place.”

The decision by the U.S. to evacuate some personnel comes at a volatile moment in the region. Trump’s efforts to reach a nuclear deal withIranappear to be deadlocked and U.S. intelligence indicates that Israel has been making preparations for a strike againstIran’s nuclear facilities.