- President Trump is confident that a new Iran nuclear deal is possible.
- Tehran, Washington talks in the third round at Muscat.
- Omani FM says that negotiations will continue next week.
Muscat: Iran and the United States agreed to continue nuclear dialogue next week, both sides said on Saturday, although Irani Foreign Minister Abbas Arakchi gave a “extreme alert” voice about the success of the talks to last decades.
US President Donald Trump has indicated confidence in making a new compromise with the Islamic Republic that would prevent the path for Tehran’s atomic bomb.
Steve Witcoff, an envoy of the Middle East of Arakchi and Trump, held a third round of talks in Muscat in Muscat for about six hours a week after a second round in Rome, in which both sides described as creative.
“Talks are extremely serious and technical … there are still differences, both on major issues and on details,” Aruchi told the Iranian State TV.
“Both sides have seriousness and determination … however, our optimism about the success of the talks is very cautious.”
A senior US administration official described negotiations and positive and producer, stating that the two sides agreed to meet “soon” in Europe. “There is still a lot to be done, but further progress for a deal was made to do a lot,” the official said.
Earlier, Omani Foreign Minister Badar Albusai had said that the negotiations would continue next week, with another “high-level meeting” on 3 May, on 3 May was provided.
Next to the major negotiator meeting, the specialist-tier indirect talks took place to create a framework for a possible nuclear deal in Muscat.
“The presence of experts was beneficial … We would return to our capitals for further reviews, to see how disagreement can be reduced,” Arakachi said.
An Iranian official gave information about the talks, first told the Reuters that the expert level conversation was “difficult, complex and serious”.
The sole purpose of these negotiations, Arakachi said, “In return for rest of the restrictions, there was to build confidence about the peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear program”.
Trump said in an interview with Time magazine published on Friday, “I think we are going to do a deal with Iran”, but he reiterated the danger of military action against Iran if diplomacy fails.
Shortly after Araki and Vitcoff started their latest indirect talks on Saturday, the Iranian state media reported a massive explosion at the country’s Shahid Raji port near the southern city of Bandar Abbas, killing at least four people and injured hundreds.
Maximum pressure
While both Tehran and Washington have said that they are ready to pursue diplomacy, they stay far away on a dispute that has stayed for more than two decades.
Trump, who has restored the “maximum pressure” campaign on Tehran since February, dug up the 2015 nuclear treaty between Iran and six world powers during his first term and resumed crippled sanctions on Iran.
Since 2019, Iran has dissolved the atomic curb of the pact, with “dramatically” promotion of uranium up to 60% purity, which is about 90% level close, which is the weapon grade, which is according to the atomic watchdog.
US State Secretary Marco Rubio said that this week Iran would have to stop fully enrich the uranium under a deal, and import any rich uranium that was required to fuel its only working nuclear power plant, Buschehar.
According to Iranian officials, Tehran is ready to interact on some karbas on their nuclear tasks in exchange for lifting the restrictions, but ending its enrichment program or surrendering to its rich uranium stockpile “is among the red lines of Iran, which cannot be compromised in negotiations”.
In addition, European states have suggested to American negotiaters that a broad deal should include limits to get Iran the ability to attain or prevent the ability to place nuclear warheads on a ballistic missile, many European diplomats said.
Tehran emphasizes its defense capabilities, such as its missile program, e is not parasical.
With the knowledge of the talks, an Iranian official said on Friday that Tehran sees his missile program as a major obstacle in the talks.
