Iran has offered to resume nuclear talks within two days if Washington accepts its terms. Will the two sides meet by Nov 12?
100% of users predicted NO — the community got this one right. 4 predictions cast.
Iran proposed in early November 2026 to compress the implementation timeline of a prospective deal with the United States to two days, down from seven, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said, with the offer relayed through Qatari mediators, NBC News reported. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called Tehran's underlying conditions -- including lifting the US naval blockade of Iranian ports, releasing frozen assets and ending hostilities across the region -- "outrageous" and said a breakthrough was not imminent.
No US-Iran meeting materialized by Nov. 12. Instead, President Trump wrote on Truth Social that day that the US does not "need" a deal with Iran and directed Vice President JD Vance, who had led recent negotiating efforts, to instead focus on alleged corruption in Democratic-run states, CNN and NBC News reported. Vance had publicly tied the Iran war to Republicans' midterm losses days earlier. A day after Trump's post, Iran targeted a US military site in the Gulf for the first time in two months, CNN reported, as hopes for a negotiated settlement faded further.
The episode capped weeks of on-again, off-again diplomacy after the two sides' earlier framework agreement broke down over enforcement terms. Predict Six's community correctly anticipated no meeting would occur, assigning it 0% odds.