MUSCAT, Oman: Iran and the USA wrapped up nuclear talks in Oman on Sunday (Could 11) with no obvious breakthrough in a public standoff over enrichment, however with each side confirming plans for future negotiations.
This was the fourth spherical of talks that started practically a month in the past, marking the highest-level contact between the 2 foes since Washington withdrew in 2018 from a landmark nuclear deal, throughout President Donald Trump’s first time period.
Either side had reported progress within the earlier three rounds, and on Sunday Iran mentioned the assembly was “troublesome however helpful” whereas a senior US official mentioned Washington was “inspired”.
The official, talking on situation of anonymity, mentioned Washington was “inspired by immediately’s end result and look ahead to our subsequent assembly, which can occur within the close to future”, with out specifying when.
In a publish on X, Iran’s overseas ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei mentioned that the “subsequent spherical might be coordinated and introduced by Oman”, which in flip mentioned “the talks will happen as soon as each events… seek the advice of their leaderships”.
In keeping with the US official, the talks Sunday had been “each direct and oblique, and lasted over three hours”.
“Settlement was reached to maneuver ahead” and “proceed working via technical parts”, the official added.
Baqaei had earlier mentioned negotiators would push for aid from US sanctions.
