Iran announced on Saturday that it has begun “indirect discussions” with the United States in Oman regarding Iranian nuclear weapons and the possibility of lifting Iran’s “unjust and outlawed” restrictions.
Iran’s foreign government announced in a post on social media that discussions are taking place between Steve Witkoff, the Middle East negotiator for US President Donald Trump, and the Islamic Republic’s foreign secretary Abbas Araghchi. The two are leading their particular countries ‘ representatives.
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The intervention of Omani foreign secretary Badr Albusaidi led to direct discussions between the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Dr. Araghchi and the US special envoy to the Middle East, according to the blog.
The parties did communicate their positions and points of view to each other through the Omani Foreign Minister, according to the statement. Representatives of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States will be seated in separate areas during these discussions.
According to news agency AP, no consensus is possible between the two parties overall.
Following a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, Witkoff arrived in Oman’s investment Muscat.
Before the meeting, Araghchi addressed Egyptian journalists and said,” If there is ample will on both sides, we may decide on a schedule.” However, it is still too early to discuss that. What is now apparent is that the conversations are indirect and, in our opinion, just affect the atomic matter, and will be conducted with the needed will to reach an agreement that is similar and secures the Egyptian people’s national interests.
On the other hand, both Witkoff and Trump have characterized the discussions as being “direct.” In the event that the talks fall, the US senator has also threatened Iran with “grave harm.”
Iran’s struggling business can be helped by US sanctions, but it is still not known how many Tehran may be willing to accept. Iran could only keep a small stockpile of uranium enriched to 3.67 % in accordance with the 2015 nuclear agreement. Its stockpile of nuclear weapons today may allow it to construct several nuclear weapons if it so chooses, and it already has some materials that are technologically equivalent to those that are currently available. Iran will likely ask to continue enriching uranium up to at least 20 %, based on the discussions since Trump unilaterally withdrew America from the deal in 2018.
