Iran open to compromise on nuclear deal if U.S. lifts sanctions, senior official says | 15 Feb 2026 | Iran is prepared to consider compromises in order to reach a nuclear agreement with the United States, provided that Washington is willing to discuss lifting sanctions, a senior Iranian official told the BBC. In an interview from Tehran, Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran’s deputy foreign minister, said that the ball was “in America’s court to prove that they want to do a deal. If they are sincere, I’m sure we will be on the road to an agreement.” He confirmed that a second round of talks, following an initial meeting in Oman, is scheduled to take place Tuesday in Geneva. So far, he said, the discussions have been “more or less in a positive direction but it is too early to judge.”