Iran, US to hold new nuclear talks

The United States and Iran were to hold a fresh round of technical and high-level nuclear negotiations in Oman yesterday, after both sides reported progress in previous meetings.

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Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, leading Tehran’s delegation, arrived in Muscat on Friday ahead of the mediated talks, with US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff expected to head the American side.

The technical talks will come first, followed by the high-level negotiations.

Mr Araghchi expressed “cautious optimism” about the process last week, saying that “if the sole demand by the US is for Iran to not possess nuclear weapons, this demand is achievable”.

But if Washington had “impractical or illogical demands, we will naturally encounter problems”, he added.