Witkoff and Araghchi: the men leading US-Iran nuclear talks

US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will be in Oman for breakthrough talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme this weekend.

Here are short profiles of the two negotiators:

– Witkoff: real estate to world stage –

With no prior experience in foreign policy, he landed one of the world’s biggest jobs as US President Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, and has since led high-stakes talks on Gaza and Ukraine.

Real estate magnate Steve Witkoff first…