Next round of Iran-US nuclear talks postponed

A 4th circular of Iran-US talks implicit Tehran's atomic programme has been postponed.

The overseas curate of Oman, facilitating negotiations, said Saturday's talks successful Rome were being rescheduled due to the fact that of logistical reasons, adding that a caller day would beryllium acceptable erstwhile agreed by each sides.

It comes aft US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth connected Thursday warned that Iran would "pay the consequence" for its enactment of Yemen's Houthi rebels. Washington has besides this week targeted companies it says person links to Tehran with sanctions.

President Donald Trump pulled the US retired of a erstwhile atomic statement betwixt Iran and 5 different satellite powers successful 2018, and has agelong said helium would marque a "better" deal.

Trump has antecedently warned of subject enactment if these caller talks, which began successful April, bash not succeed. Both sides described the archetypal circular of talks successful Oman's superior Muscat arsenic "constructive".

Iran's overseas ministry confirmed that latest signifier of talks had been postponed, but Washington is yet to officially comment.

However, an unnamed US root told the Reuters quality bureau that Washington "never confirmed" its information successful the 4th circular of talks, nor had their timing been confirmed.

The hold is improbable to mean that the talks person breached down, with some sides anxious to debar war.

But reports from Tehran person described increasing uncertainty astir the usefulness of the talks, pointing to the caller sanctions and what Tehran calls contradictory positions from the US delegation.

Part of Trump's "maximum pressure" argumentation toward Tehran, the sanctions announced connected Wednesday people entities said by the US to beryllium progressive successful the illicit commercialized of Iranian petroleum and petrochemicals.

The US State Department said successful a statement: "The Iranian authorities continues to substance struggle successful the Middle East, beforehand its atomic program, and enactment its violent partners and proxies.

"Today, the United States is taking enactment to stem the travel of gross that the authorities uses to money these destabilizing activities."

Media reports successful Iran besides pointed to Hegseth's station connected X earlier connected Thursday, which was reposted by Trump's Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff who has been starring the US delegation.

"Message to IRAN: We spot your LETHAL enactment to the Houthis. We cognize precisely what you are doing. You volition wage the CONSEQUENCE astatine the clip and spot of our choosing," the post read.

Trump has said that helium is looking for a solution that would adjacent Iran's pathways to physique a atomic bomb. But determination are those successful his medication who are pushing for the implicit dismantlement of Iran's atomic enrichment programme.

They are besides pushing for Iran to halt enactment for its proxies successful the region, including the Houthis.

Iran says its programme is peaceful and that it has a close to enrichment. It is hoping for a woody to limit, but not dismantle, its atomic programme successful speech for sanctions relief.

After Russia, Iran has been nether the astir extended acceptable of sanctions successful past – the sanctions that the US has imposed connected the country.

President Massoud Pezeshkian has centred Iran's economical policies connected the committedness of the lifting these sanctions.