### [2026-06-5](/feed/2026/06/5/index.md)

##### Middle Eastern crisis
# "Axios" reports that U.S. envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have traveled to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, to talk with nuclear experts who might take part in future negotiations with Iran regarding their nuclear program. 




### Sources:

1. [Axios](https://www.axios.com/2026/06/05/iran-oak-ridge-nuclear-witkoff-kushner)
2. [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/witkoff-kushner-meet-nuclear-experts-national-lab-tennessee-source-says-2026-06-05/)

### Changes:

1. Axios reports that U.S. envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have traveled to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, to talk with nuclear experts who might take part in future negotiations with Iran regarding their nuclear program.  _2026-06-06 19:41:20 (First version)_
1. "Axios" reports that U.S. envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have traveled to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, to talk with nuclear experts who might take part in future negotiations with Iran regarding their nuclear program.  _(Current version)_

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