Iran, US begin negotiations over Tehran's advancing nuclear program

Iran and the U.S. began negotiations successful Oman connected Saturday implicit Tehran's advancing atomic program, and the talks volition apt beryllium connected the Islamic Republic's enrichment of uranium.

According to Iranian authorities media, the talks began connected Saturday successful Oman's superior of Muscat. But Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and U.S. Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff offered nary contiguous details connected the talks.

Araghchi arrived connected Friday successful Oman and met with Omani Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi, who had mediated the 2 earlier rounds of talks successful Muscat and Rome. Araghchi was seen heading to the talks precocious Saturday morning.

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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, right, steps retired of his level arsenic helium arrives successful Muscat, Oman, Friday, April 25, 2025, a time anterior to negotiations with U.S. Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff. (AP)

Witkoff arrived connected Saturday for the talks that were expected to statesman successful the coming hours.

The negotiations question to bounds Iran’s atomic programme successful speech for the U.S. lifting immoderate economical sanctions it has imposed connected the Islamic Republic.

U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to motorboat airstrikes targeting Iran’s programme if a woody is not reached. Iranian officials pass that they could prosecute a atomic limb with their stockpile of uranium enriched to adjacent weapons-grade levels.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, left, speaks with an unidentified Omani authoritative upon his accomplishment successful Muscat, Oman, Friday, April 25, 2025, a time anterior to negotiations with U.S. Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff. (AP)

Iran's atomic woody successful 2015 with overseas nations constricted Tehran's programme earlier Trump unilaterally withdrew from the statement successful 2018, starring to years of conflict and tensions.

Trump reiterated that helium hoped negotiations would pb to a caller atomic deal, though helium inactive suggested the anticipation of a subject onslaught if a woody was not reached.

"The Iran concern is coming retired precise well," Trump said connected Air Force One arsenic helium traveled to Rome for Pope Francis' funeral. "We've had a batch of talks with them and I deliberation we're going to person a deal. I'd overmuch alternatively person a woody than the different alternative. That would beryllium bully for humanity."

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U.S. President Donald Trump's peculiar envoy Steve Witkoff arrived connected Saturday successful Oman for negotiations with Iran. (AP)

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"There are immoderate radical that privation to marque a antithetic benignant of a woody — a overmuch nastier woody — and I don’t privation that to hap to Iran if we tin debar it," helium added.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.