US President Donald Trump spoke with Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, world agencies reported, citing White House spokeswoman Caroline Levitt, BTA reported.
Trump thanked the sultan for organizing indirect talks in Oman on the Iranian nuclear program between US and Iranian representatives. These talks took place on Saturday.
Trump threatens to strike Iranian nuclear sites if Iran does not reach an agreement with the US on its nuclear program. Iran denies any intention to produce nuclear weapons and insists its nuclear program is for civilian purposes only.
Trump and the sultan of Oman discussed the next round of talks on Iran's nuclear program, scheduled for Saturday in Oman, Reuters added.
The two leaders also discussed the ongoing US operations against Yemen's Houthi rebels.
“The maximum pressure campaign on Iran continues,“ Levitt said. "The president has made it clear that he wants to see dialogue and discussions with Iran, while making it clear that Iran must never be able to obtain a nuclear weapon," the spokeswoman said, adding that Trump had also made that clear to the Omani leader.
Iran must stop enriching uranium, said US President Donald Trump's envoy for the Middle East, Stephen Witkoff, according to Agence France-Presse.
Iran must do so if an agreement is reached with the United States on Iran's nuclear program, he added. "Any final compromise must provide a framework for peace, stability and prosperity in the Middle East, which means that Iran must suspend its uranium enrichment and nuclear weapons program and eliminate it", the American representative in “Ex“ emphasized.
Yesterday, during an interview with “Fox News“, Witkoff refrained from demanding the complete closure of Iran's nuclear program. He mentioned that above all it would be about verifying Iran's uranium enrichment program and its capabilities to arm itself with nuclear weapons. In the interview, Witkoff added that Iran does not need to enrich uranium to more than 3.67 percent - the maximum level set in the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, from which Donald Trump withdrew the US during his first presidential term in 2018. The agreement was intended to make it almost impossible for Iran to acquire nuclear weapons, but to continue its civilian nuclear program.
Since the collapse of the deal, Iran has about 274.8 kilograms of uranium enriched to 60 percent, according to the latest report from the International Atomic Energy Agency. The enrichment level required for a nuclear weapon is 90 percent.
On Saturday, Witkoff held talks in Oman on the topic of Iran's nuclear program with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. Yesterday, Witkoff described the meeting as positive, constructive and convincing.