The USA and Iran Today they completed a third round of critical negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program in Oman, after several hours of “serious” discussions as Tehran called them.
Also, as it became known, Iran and US delegations are expected to meet again next week for new talks on Iranian nuclear program.
These indirect discussions held at a high level between the two countries, which have been enemies for four decades, are intended to end up in a new agreement that will prevent Iran from acquiring an atomic weaponambition that Tehran denies.
On her side, Tehran calls for lifting sanctions affecting its economyfollowing the US departure in 2018, under Donald Trump’s first presidency, from an international agreement concluded three years earlier in Vienna.
The last round in Muscat allowed “all the basic principles, goals and technical concerns,” said Oman Badr al -Busayi, who has a mediator role.
The talks will continue with a new high -level meeting projected to take place on May 3, he added.
According to Iranian state television, diplomat leader Abbas Arakzi and American special envoy Steve Whitkov will return with their teams “in their capital for consultations”.
Iranian diplomacy spokesman Emil Bagai spoke earlier about ‘Serious atmosphere’ and said that discussions were conducted in ‘Separate halls’as in previous meetings on April 12 in Muskat and April 19 in Rome.
Member of the Iranian negotiating team told the local Tsinam agency that Discussions were limited to sanctions and on issues of the nuclear program.
‘Differences’ remain with the USsaid the head of Iranian diplomacy.
The Western countries, led by the US, and Israel suspect Iran wants to acquire nuclear weapon. Tehran rejects these allegations, defending the right to nuclear energy for non -military purposes.
Thus, Arachi said on Tuesday that his country envisaged to build 19 new reactors. In retaliation for US departure from the Vienna Agreement, Iran has distanced the text, mainly enriching heaven at a high level.
After returning to the White House, Donald Trump reiterated the so -called “maximum pressure” policy in Iraninviting March to negotiate and threatening to bomb it in the event of diplomacy failure.
In statements published yesterday, Friday, at Time Magazine, he said he was ready to meet the country’s leaders.
At the same time, Washington announced on Tuesday new sanctions aimed at Iranian oil sector, with Tehran denouncing a ‘hostile approach’.
Iran is currently enriched heaven to a high grade (60%), below the 90% required to build an atomic weapon, but far above the 3.67% limit set by the Vienna Agreement. According to Arachi, Iran’s right to enrich heaven “is not negotiable”.
On Thursday, he said he was willing to go to Germany, France and Britain, other countries that are members of the Vienna Agreement.
Last week, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called on Europeans to quickly decide on UN sanctions to reinstate Iran.
The 2015 agreement enables them to be automatically restored in the event of non -compliance, but this option expires in October. Iran has warned that it could be withdrawn from the nuclear non -spread agreement if this mechanism is put on motion.