US says Iran "afraid" to admit they are negotiating deal

Donald Trump has said Iran's leaders are "afraid" to admit they are negotiating with the US. The US president was speaking after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told state media Iran had "no intention of negotiating for now" and the country will keep "defending" itself. We report on what residents of Iran have been telling the BBC.

We go to Oman, once a key player in mediating talks between the United States and Iran.

The former president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, appears in court again today in New York, facing drug-trafficking and weapons charges after US special forces captured him on 3 January. Since then, Venezuela’s government has begun working with Washington, opening its oil and mining sectors to foreign investment and releasing some political prisoners. We report on what has changed in Venezuela since President Maduro's departure.

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(Photo:Iranians stand behind a cordon near damaged residential buildings in northern Tehran. Credit: Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA).