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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, visits the Muscat International Book Fair successful Oman, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/ Fatima Shbair)
MUSCAT – Iran and the United States prepared Saturday to commencement in-depth negotiations successful Oman implicit Tehran's rapidly advancing atomic program, talks that apt volition hinge connected the Islamic Republic's enrichment of uranium.
Iranian authorities tv suggested the talks could commencement mid-day Saturday successful Muscat, the mountain-wrapped superior of this sultanate connected the eastbound borderline of the Arabian Peninsula. However, neither Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi nor U.S. Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff offered immoderate contiguous specifics oregon details connected the talks that they'll lead.
Araghchi arrived Friday to Oman and met with Omani Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi, who has mediated the 2 erstwhile circular of talks successful Muscat and Rome. Araghchi past visited the Muscat International Book Fair, surrounded by tv cameras and photojournalists.
Witkoff was successful Moscow connected Friday gathering Russian President Vladimir Putin. He arrived Saturday to Oman, wherever the talks were expected to commencement successful the coming hours, a root acquainted with Witkoff's travels told The Associated Press, speaking connected information of anonymity to sermon the closed-door negotiations.
The talks question to bounds Iran’s atomic programme successful speech for the lifting of immoderate of the crushing economical sanctions the U.S. has imposed connected the Islamic Republic closing successful connected fractional a period of enmity.
U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to unleash airstrikes targeting Iran’s program if a woody isn’t reached. Iranian officials progressively pass that they could prosecute a atomic weapon with their stockpile of uranium enriched to adjacent weapons-grade levels.
Trump, traveling to Rome for the ceremonial of Pope Francis, again said helium hoped negotiations would pb to a caller atomic deal. However, helium inactive held retired the anticipation of a subject onslaught if they didn't.
“The Iran concern is coming retired precise well,” Trump said connected Air Force One. “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."
He added: “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.” ___
Associated Press writer Amir Vahdat successful Tehran, Iran, contributed to this report.
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