After the technical talks, the higher negotiators expected to gather on April 26, according to the Iran Foreign Ministry.
Iran and the United States have completed a second round of indirect nuclear negotiations, which Iran’s Foreign Minister has described as « constructive » and advanced with more meetings planned next week.
Abbas Araghchi and United States Middle East Sent Four hours of indirect conversations In the Embassy of Oman in the Italian capital, Rome, on Saturday, according to Araghchi.
« We managed to achieve a better understanding of certain principles and objectives, » said Diplomat for Tasnim’s semofficiest news agency. « Negotiations took place in a constructive atmosphere and advance. »
There has not yet been the United States meeting.
Delegations: Directed by Araghchi and Witkoff, a real estate executive executive to whom U.S. President Donald Trump has sent numerous foreign policy missions -It was housed in the separate rooms of the embassy, according to Iranian officials, Foreign Minister Omani, Badr al-Busaidi.
The Iran Foreign Ministry said that the parties will have more indirect conversations at the technical level in the coming days, followed by another meeting with senior officials on April 26.
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« I hope that after the technical sessions of next week, we will be in a better position, » Araghchi said, according to Tasnim. « There is no reason for excessive optimism or pessimism. »
“Negotiations to collect”
James Bays de Al Jazeera, who reported near Omani’s diplomatic compound in Rome, said that the Iranian response was « very positive » for a delegation that « seemed quite negative in the conversations. »
Next week’s scheduled talks means that « the pace of negotiations will be collected, » said Bays.
The last meeting comes one week after Iran and the United States joined Muscat For his first high -level discussions since Trump in 2018 he unilaterally abandoned a reference nuclear agreement signed by World Powers in 2015.
The Iranians « seek a kind of consistency when it comes to current conversations, » said Tohid Asadi from Al Jazeera de Tehran.
Will we accept the civil nuclear program?
Western governments, including the United States, have long accused Iran of seeking to develop nuclear weapons: a complaint that Tehran has denied, insisting that their nuclear program is only for peaceful civil use. On Wednesday, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, said that Iran was « not far » of having a nuclear weapon.
Grossi was also in Rome on Saturday, gathering the Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani. The Grossi nuclear watchman would probably be essential to verify Iran’s fulfillment in the event of an agreement, as with the 2015 agreement.
The United States and Iran have not had diplomatic relations shortly after the Iran Islamic Revolution. After returning to the post in January, Trump revived his « maximum pressure » sanctions campaign against Tehran, but in March, he sent a letter to the Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei asking for renewed negotiations, while the warning of military consequences if diplomacy fails.
« I’m not in a hurry » to use the force, Trump said on Thursday. « I think Iran wants to talk. »
Araghchi said on Friday that the United States showed « a degree of gravity » during the first round of conversations but questioned Washington’s « intentions and motivations » of Washington « .
Bays said the heart of the dispute is still if Iran can maintain a civil nuclear program or if, as hardliners insist on Washington, he must completely dismantle his nuclear program.
« Everything they said last week in Muscat and here in Rome is a framework for discussions and what they want to achieve, » said Bays. « They have not been discussing the nuclear detail, … and the devil is in detail of these things. »
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