Iran, US End Fresh Nuclear Talks as Enrichment Concerns Grow

Fresh talks between Iranian and US negotiators to resolve disputes over Tehran's nuclear programme ended in Oman on May 11 with further negotiations planned, officials said, as Tehran insisted in public on continuing uranium enrichment.

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Though Tehran and Washington both have said they prefer diplomacy to resolve the decades-long dispute, they remain deeply divided on several red lines that negotiators will have to circumvent to reach a new nuclear deal and avert future military action.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said the latest round of "indirect talks were difficult but useful to better understand each other's positions".

In a post on the X platform, he added that the time and venue of the next round of negotiations would be announced by Oman.

A senior official from President Donald Trump's administration said the "direct and indirect" discussions on May 11 had lasted more than three hours.

"We are encouraged by today's outcome and look forward to our next meeting, which will happen in the near future," the official said.