Al-Mayadeen correspondent in Iran says Iranian officials believe that Trump wants to bring the nuclear issue into the negotiations, which Iran rejects

Al-Mayadeen correspondent in Iran says Iranian officials believe that Trump wants to bring the nuclear issue into the negotiations, which Iran rejects.

Disputes over the scope of US-Iran talks are a recurring feature of the negotiation cycle: Washington has historically sought to widen any framework beyond the nuclear file toward missiles and regional proxies, while Tehran has consistently insisted the nuclear track stand alone, and that gap in stated agendas has been the standard opening position rather than a terminal obstacle. Episodes of this kind have tended to follow a familiar sequence: competing readouts through regional media aligned with each side, an initial hardening of rhetoric, then quiet contacts through intermediaries before any formal round resumes. The sourcing here matters: Al-Mayadeen sits in the axis sympathetic to Tehran, so the framing that Iran rejects broadened talks reflects one side's public posture ahead of, or during, contact, a pattern consistent with prior rounds where maximalist public lines preceded private flexibility. The transmission channel when such signals sour has run through crude via risk premia on Gulf supply and through freight and insurance costs rather than any immediate change in physical flows; escalation headlines have historically added a premium that fades if talks continue. The tells worth monitoring are whether the counterpart channel confirms the US demand, whether Omani or other intermediaries acknowledge a breakdown in scheduling, and whether enrichment or inspection rhetoric hardens in parallel. As a single-source correspondent report it is a negotiating signal, not a rupture.