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Talks with US to focus solely on nuclear issue, sanctions: Iran
Gulf Today
|April 14, 2025
Iran's foreign ministry said on Sunday that talks with the United States slated for next weekend will remain “indirect” with Omani mediation, and focused solely on the nuclear issue nd lifting of sanctions.
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff held talks on Saturday in Muscat, marking the highest-level Iran-US nuclear negotiations since the collapse of a 2015 accord.
They agreed to meet again in seven days.
“Negotiations will continue to be indirect. Oman will remain the mediator, but we are discussing the location of future negotiations,” foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said in an interview with state TV.
This story is from the April 14, 2025 edition of Gulf Today.
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