The United States and Iran spent The second round of negotiations On Saturday in Rome over Tehran Quickly promoting the nuclear programOfficials said.
The US Messenger in the Middle East and billionaire Steve Witcoof met with Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Arakhchi at the Amani Embassy at the Rome Commission. Negotiations were mediated by Foreign Minister Ana Badr al-Buseydi.
After Arakhchi's meeting, both countries agreed to hold another round of talks in Oman on April 26. But experts will meet there in a few days.
After hours of meetings, there was no immediate reading from the US.
“Negotiations were held in a constructive environment, and I can say that it is moving forward,” said Arakhchi Iran State Television. “I hope we will be in the best position after technical negotiations.”
US National Security Council press Brian Hugz said in a statement before the negotiations that it was clear to President Trump that Iran “could not have nuclear weapons” and that “all options remain on the table.”
“The president allowed direct and indirect discussions with Iran to make it clear, but he also realized that it could not continue endlessly,” Hughes said. “The whole team of the Trump administration's leadership strives for the presidential posture in Iran to ensure peace and stability in the Middle East and the safety here at home.”
Oman's capital, Muscat, held the first round of negotiations Between Arakhchi and Vitko last weekend, who saw two men face to face after indirect negotiations. Oman, Sultanate on the eastern edge of the Arabian Peninsula, has long served the interlocutor between Iran and the West.
Oman's Foreign Affairs Service stated in The statement on x On Saturday, the parties agreed to continue talking to seek a transaction that guarantees Iran “completely without nuclear weapons and sanctions, and retaining its ability to develop peaceful nuclear energy.”
The fact that negotiations even take place is a historical moment, given the decades of hostility between the countries after the 1979 Islamic Revolution and the US Embassy's hostage. Mr. Trump, in his first term, unilaterally abandoned Iran's nuclear transaction with the world powers in 2018, having launched years of attacks and negotiations that failed to restore an agreement, which dramatically restricted the enrichment of Uranus Tehran in return for the refusal of economic sanctions.
In the risk zone is a possible American or Israeli military strike on Iran's nuclear sections or Iranians that arise from the threat of pursuit of nuclear weapons.
“I just stopped Iran to have nuclear weapons,” Mr. Trump said on Friday. “I want Iran to be great, prosperous and extraordinary.”
Iranian Foreign Ministry press secretary said Iranian television that the negotiations were “indirect” with delegations in “different halls” at the embassy. He previously wrote on Saturday that Iran “always demonstrated, with conscientiousness and sense of responsibility, commitment to diplomacy as a civilized way of resolving issues.”
“We know that this is not a smooth path, but we take every step with our eyes open, relying on the past experience,” he added.
Arakhchi met on Saturday morning with the Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani before negotiating with Witco.
Rafael Marian Gross, Head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations Nuclear Caler, also met with Tajan on Saturday. The Grossi agency will probably be key in checking Iran's fulfillment if the transaction is reached, as it was done with the 2015 chord, achieved with world powers.
Tajani said Italy is ready to “contribute to the continuation of the negotiations even at the technical level.”
The diplomat's transaction “is being built patiently, day after day, with dialogue and mutual respect,” he said in a statement.
Meanwhile tensions in the Middle East overcame Israel-Gama war in the gas strip And after the American airstrikes aimed at Iran, who support Iran, killed more than 70 people and injured dozens.