Iran confirmed indirect negotiations on the nuclear program in Oman, the main goal is to abolish sanctions.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Arakči confirmed on Tuesday that the upcoming negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program in Oman will be indirect. He admitted that the agreement could be achieved if the US shows good will during these negotiations and confirmed that the “main goal” of the Iranian government is to achieve the abolition of sanctions imposed on Iran, the official news agency Irna said, TASR writes.
Arakčí added that his partner at the meeting will be the US envoy Steve Witkoff. However, the US has not yet confirmed that Witkoff will lead the American delegation in Oman.
Indirect negotiations
While US President Donald Trump described Omani negotiations with Iran on Monday, Arakčí said on Sunday that direct negotiations with the United States would be “nonsensical”.
“Directly negotiations would make no sense with a party that is constantly threatening to use the force in violation of the UN Chart and which expresses the conflicting attitudes of its various representatives,” Arakčí said in a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Trump’s pressure policy
In an effort to push Iran for negotiations on its nuclear energy use program, Trump Tehran has been threatened some time ago by “bombing he hasn’t experienced”. In the past, Tehran was helpful to indirect negotiations.
During his first term of office in 2018, Trump resigned from the so -called. Nuclear Agreement between Iran and World Powers concluded in 2015. According to the agreement, sanctions imposed on Iran were alleviated in exchange for limiting its nuclear activities. Tehran has ceased to comply with the terms of the agreement in response to the US resignation and progressed significantly in nuclear development, Reuters recalled.
Diplomatic isolation
Last month, the US President sent a letter to Tehran. In it, Iran urged it to decide whether to start new negotiations or the country would be stricter sanctions under Trump’s “maximum pressure policy”.
Both countries have interrupted diplomatic relations during the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979. Their communication has since been mediated by the Swiss Embassy in Tehran. Indirect interviews also mediated Oman within the so -called. mascry process.
