Witkoff to visit Israel amid reports of renewed US-Iran talks

U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff is expected to travel to Israel on Tuesday for meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, Reuters reported on Monday, citing two senior Israeli officials.

The anticipated visit comes amid reports of renewed U.S.-Iran nuclear talks.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-affiliated Tasnim News Agency reported on Monday that the details of potential negotiations between Washington and Tehran “have not been finalized.”

This followed a report earlier in the day from another IRGC-linked outlet, Fars News Agency, since deleted, that Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian “has ordered the initiation of nuclear negotiations with the United States,” based on a “well-informed source.”