Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is set to leave for Oman today for nuclear talks with the United States, after both sides reported progress in the first two rounds.
Araghchi will be leading what foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei describes as a diplomatic and technical-expert delegation for indirect discussions with the US side.
President Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, will represent the United States in the talks scheduled for tomorrow.
The meeting follows two earlier rounds of Omani-mediated talks in Muscat and Rome starting on April 12.
The third round will include expert-level technical talks over Iran’s nuclear program, with Michael Anton, who serves as the State Department’s director of policy planning, leading technical talks on the US side.
Iran’s Tasnim news agency meanwhile reports that deputy foreign ministers Kazem Gharibabadi and Majid Takht-Ravanchi will lead the technical talks on the Iranian side.
Speaking ahead of Araghchi’s departure, Baqaei says, “Progress in the negotiations requires the demonstration of goodwill, seriousness, and realism by the other side.”
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