Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran's deputy foreign minister, tells the BBC's Lyse Doucet that the ball was "in America's court to prove that they want to do a deal".
Great Britain's women curlers kickstart their campaign with a superb first victory of the 2026 Winter Olympics while GB's men also won but three British women missed out on skeleton medals.
A medallist with Team GB in 2014, bobsleigher Joel Fearon is preparing for his third Winter Olympics after coming out of retirement to compete for Jamaica.