Deal or War? It's a Crucial Day for US and Iran

It's a crucial day for US-Iranian relations as talks resume on Tehran's nuclear program. Axios sees the summit in Geneva as a possible "make or break moment" that will determine whether the nations strike a deal or head to a military conflict. The leaders of both nations were issuing threats:

• Trump: "I don't think they want the consequences of not making a deal," the president told reporters aboard Air Force One on Monday. He added that the Iranians were "tough negotiators" but that they "want to make a deal."
• Ayatollah: As talks got underway Tuesday, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued a threat of his own, referring to Trump's recent order to send a second aircraft carrier to the region. "An aircraft carrier is certainly a dangerous piece of equipment," he said, per the New York Times. "But more dangerous than the carrier is the weapon that can send it to the bottom of the sea."

• Players: Senior Trump aides Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff are at the meeting in Geneva, along with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. The talks are being hosted by Oman's foreign minister, Badr Albusaidi. Trump told reporters he would be "indirectly involved" in the negotiations.
• Sticking points: The US is demanding that Iran stop uranium enrichment on its soil, and it wants to expand any deal to include non-nuclear missiles, per Reuters. Tehran has rejected both positions. Araghchi has suggested that the sides can find workable compromises, as has Secretary of State Marco Rubio. "I think that there's an opportunity here to diplomatically reach an agreement," he said. "But I don't want to overstate it either."