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Senior US official: ‘Much to do’ but ‘progress’ made on reaching nuclear deal with Iran

By Jacob Magid 26 April 2025, 6:45 pm 2 Edit

Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief

A handout picture provided by the Iranian presidency shows Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian (2nd R) and the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) chief Mohammad Eslami (R) during the 'National Day of Nuclear Technology,' in Tehran, on April 9, 2025 (Iranian Presidency / AFP)
A handout picture provided by the Iranian presidency shows Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian (2nd R) and the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) chief Mohammad Eslami (R) during the 'National Day of Nuclear Technology,' in Tehran, on April 9, 2025 (Iranian Presidency / AFP)

A senior Trump administration official tells The Times of Israel that today’s third round of nuclear talks between the US and Iran in Muscat. were “positive and productive.”

The talks lasted over four hours.

“There is still much to do, but further progress was made on getting to a deal,” the official says, adding that the sides agreed to meet again soon in Europe.

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