The United States has had good talks with Iran and has made progress on Tehran's nuclear program, US President Donald Trump told reporters before flying from New Jersey to Washington.
“It is very important that yesterday and today we had very good talks with Iran on the nuclear program, and let's see what comes out of that. But I think we may have good news on the Iranian front. And I don't know if I'm going to tell you something good or bad in the next two days, but I have a feeling I can tell you something good. We have made real progress, serious progress“, the US leader said.
He was asked whether another round of talks between the US and Iran on Tehran's nuclear program would be held in the near future. "There will be talks with Iran very soon. I can't tell you what will happen tomorrow. I can say that the talks with Iran are going very well. I would very much like to see this nuclear deal happen," Trump concluded.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic, Abbas Araghchi, said yesterday that Iran and the United States have not yet agreed on a date and place for the next round of talks to resolve the situation surrounding Tehran's nuclear program. Delegations from both countries held the fifth round of talks in Rome on May 23. The Foreign Minister of Oman, who is mediating between the countries, said that "some progress, but not final progress," had been achieved. As Araghchi said after the consultations, Tehran and Washington are preparing for a new round of talks and hope to achieve positive results in one or two more meetings.
The negotiation process, which has been ongoing since April 12, was previously at risk of failure due to disagreements over the issue of uranium enrichment. The US side insists that Iran completely abandons uranium enrichment at its nuclear facilities. Tehran states that the republic's nuclear program is exclusively peaceful in nature. After the US withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on Iran's nuclear program, Tehran stopped complying with the restrictions set in the 2015 agreement, accelerating uranium enrichment to 60%. According to the International Atomic Energy Agency, the levels of uranium enrichment in Iran are now close to those necessary for the production of nuclear weapons.