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The Iranian Foreign Ministry said that on Saturday, the United States and Iran concluded a second round of high-dialogue on Tehran’s nuclear program, agreed to meet again in a week, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said.
According to the Iranian state television, the conversation of Oman’s mediation in Rome lasted for about four hours, which described the atmosphere as “creative”.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmayel BakaiE said on X, “Both sides agreed to resume the indirect talks at a technical level in the next few days and later continued at two senior negotiaters levels next Saturday,” April 26, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaile Bakai said on X.
Iran later stated that the third round of talks would be in Oman, returning to the site of the initial dialogue a week in advance.
US President Donald Trump had held the first discussion among the enemies since leaving a historic nuclear deal in 2018.
Western countries, including the United States, have long accused Iran of demanding a nuclear weapon – an allegation Tehran has constantly denied, saying that its program is for peaceful civilian objectives.
Images broadcast by the state TV showed External Affairs Minister Abbas Aragchi reaching the Italian capital, in which US Middle East envoy Steve Witcoff also expected to participate.
Araghchi later described the discussions as a “good meeting”, in which progress was made.
“This time we managed to reach a better understanding on a series of principles and goals,” he told State TV.
He also told Tasnim News Agency that the nuclear issue was the only subject.
Bakai said that the delegation at the residence of the Omani Ambassador was “in two separate rooms”, in which Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr Albusai gave messages between them.
Tehran and Washington have no diplomatic relations soon after Iran’s 1979 Islamic revolution.
After his return to the office in January, Trump revives his “maximum pressure” campaign of sanctions against Iran.
In March, he sent a letter to Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, which requested a fresh nuclear dialogue, while military action was also warned when diplomacy failed.
Trump said on Thursday, “I am not in the crowd”. “I think Iran wants to talk.”
On Friday, Argchi said Iran saw the “one degree of seriousness” to the US during the first round, but questioned their “intentions and motivations”.
In a social media post in the early hours of Saturday, Bakaii said that Tehran was clarified about the talks, while “also relying on previous experiences”.
The intermediary Oman leader, Sultan Hatham bin Tariq, according to his office and Kremlin, is scheduled to be held in Moscow in the coming days, stating that he will discuss “current questions on international and regional agenda” and other issues with President Vladimir Putin.
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United Nations Nuclear Sentinel chief Rafael Gossi stated that Iran was “not far” from placing a atomic bomb.
During Trump’s first term, Washington withdrew from the 2015 agreement between Tehran and the world powers, which offered to give relief to Iran from international sanctions in exchange for curb on his nuclear program.
Tehran complied with the agreement for one year after Trump’s return before scaling his compliance.
AraGhchi was a negotiator of the 2015 deal. His American counterpart, Vitcoff, is a real estate magnet, Trump has also tasked the talks on Ukraine.
Iran currently enriches up to 60 percent uranium, which is above 3.67 range in the deal, but still below the 90 percent range required for arms-grade materials.
On Friday, US State Secretary Marco Rubio urged European countries to trigger the “Snapback” mechanism under the 2015 agreement, which would automatically restore United Nations restrictions on Iran on its non-transportation.
The option to trigger Tantra in October this year is ending.
Iran has earlier warned that if the tantra is triggered, this nuclear nuclear can withdraw from the treaty.
This week, Grosi, who met Iranian officials in Tehran, said that the US and Iran were “on a very important platform” in the conversation and “there is not much time” to secure a deal “.
– ‘Non -perfect’ –
Iranian officials have insisted that the talks focus on lifting their nuclear programs and restrictions only.
Araghchi said that a deal with the US was “probability” if Washington avoided “improper and unrealistic demands”, without expansion.
Analysts stated that the United States would push to include Iran’s ballistic missile program and its support on its support for terrorists in the Middle East.
AraGhchi said Iran’s right to enrich uranium was “non-pervantic”, Vicchoff called for its full stop. Vitkoff had earlier only demanded that Iran had returned to the roof set by the 2015 deal.
On Friday, American ally Israel confirmed its commitment to prevent Iran from receiving nuclear weapons, stating that there was a “clear course of action” to stop it.
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