Iran is not negotiating at Trump's pace and is seeking to first reach a temporary nuclear protocol.

On April 24, Jin10 reported that two informed sources told Axios that Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif informed White House envoy Shvetskov during the nuclear talks on Saturday that it may not be possible to reach a final nuclear agreement according to the timeline set by Trump, and inquired whether both sides should negotiate a temporary agreement. Trump set a two-month deadline for negotiations with Iran and ordered the gathering of U.S. military forces in the Middle East in case diplomacy fails. If no agreement is reached, Trump could order a military strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities or support an Israeli strike. However, a statement from the Iranian delegation to the United Nations denied the claims of the informed sources, stating, “This is neither true nor accurate.”