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As White House officials have confirmed that Iran-US talks will now go ahead in Oman on February 6, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave a news briefing at the State Department.

On the talks:"We don't view meetings as a concession. We don't view meetings as even legitimization. At the end of the day, the United States is prepared to engage and has always been prepared to engage with Iran."

"They will have to include certain things, and that includes the range of their ballistic missiles...their sponsorship of terrorist organizations across the region...the nuclear program...the treatment of their own people."

On the Iranian regime:"They're spending all their resources, of what is a rich country, sponsoring terrorism...proxy groups around the world, exporting as they call it, 'their revolution.'"

"The Iranian regime does not reflect the people of Iran, nor their culture rooted within a deep history. I know of no other country where theres a bigger difference between the people who lead the country and the people who live there."

US Vice President JD Vance spoke to Megyn Kelly in an interview published on February 4:

"The person who makes the decisions in Iran is the supreme leader.... The president doesn't really matter. The foreign minister seems to talk to the supreme leader and that's mainly the person that we've communicated with. But it's a very weird country to conduct diplomacy with when you can't even talk to the person who's in charge of the country. That makes all of this much more complicated. And it makes the whole situation much more absurd. [Trump] can pick up the phone and call Putin. He can pick up the phone and call Xi. Even countries that we have very hostile relations with.... It is bizarre that we can't just talk to the actual leadership of [Iran]. It really makes diplomacy very difficult."

According to the latest verified cumulative data compiled by HRANA, as of February 4, the total number of confirmed deaths has reached 6,883. Based on these figures, 6,445 individuals have been classified as protesters, while 164 victims fall under the category of children under the age of 18.

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21:57

4.2.2026

We are now closing the live blog for today, but we'll be back again tomorrow morning at 7:30 a.m. CET to follow all the latest developments in Iran.

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21:55

4.2.2026

Trump Says Khameini Should Be 'Very Worried'

US President Donald Trump (right) and Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (composite file photo)

Amid the ongoing tensions in Iran, US President Donald Trump wasasked today by NBC newsabout what he thought would be going through Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameini's mind right now.

"I would say he should be very worried," he said.

"As you know they are negotiating with us." he added, apparently referring toupcoming US-Iran talkson Tehran's nuclear program.

Trump also said that Iran had sought to build a new nuclear site after US attacks on the country's atomic facilities in June.

"They were thinking about starting a new site in a different part of the country," he said. "We found out about it." I said: "You do that... [then] we're going to do very bad things to you."

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21:34

4.2.2026

White House Officials Confirm Iran-US Talks Will Go Ahead

After being contacted by RFE/RL correspondent Kian Sharifi, White House officials have confirmed that the Iran-US talks will now go ahead in Oman on February 6.

In confirming the talks, the White House cited anX postby Axios correspondent Barak Ravid, in which he said that nuclear discussions "are back on track after several Arab and Muslim leaders applied urgent pressure on Wednesday afternoon on the Trump administration not to follow through on threats to withdraw from the talks."

Quoting a senior US official, Ravidsaidthat Washington "told the Arabs that we will do the meeting if they insist. But we are very skeptical."

Ravid added that, according to the US officials, at least nine countries in the region conveyed messages to the White House at the highest levels, including a strong request that the US not cancel the meeting with the Iranians in Oman, and that the Trump administration agreed to participate in the discussions "to be respectful" of the request by US allies and "in order to continue pursuing the diplomatic track."

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20:58

4.2.2026

Iran, US Prepare To Resume Talks As New Activity Spotted At Iranian Nuclear Sites

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With US warships heading toward Iran, diplomats from the two countries look set to resume high-stakes talks at a meeting on February 6. The officials will reopen discussions over Iran's nuclear program, which was disrupted by US strikes on key nuclear facilities last June. Recent satellite images suggest that Iran has begun restoring some of those sites, raising new questions about its nuclear ambitions.