Iran expected to make written proposal for resolving standoff with US

Iran is expected to submit a written proposal on how to resolve its standoff with the United States in the wake of U.S.-Iran talks in Geneva on Tuesday, a senior U.S. official told Reuters on Wednesday.



Top U.S. national security advisers met in the White House Situation Room on Wednesday to discuss Iran and were told all U.S. military forces deployed to the region should be in place by mid-March, the official said.



Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel to discuss Iran on February 28, the official said.



Tuesday's indirect discussions in Geneva between U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, alongside Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, were aimed at heading off a mounting crisis between the two countries.



The United States wants Iran to give up its nuclear program, and ​Iran has adamantly refused and denied it is trying to develop an atomic weapon.