WATCH THE VIDEO HERE Iran and the United States will hold the next round of talks on the Islamic republic’s nuclear programme in Rome later this week, Tehran and mediator Oman said Wednesday. The arch-foes have held four rounds of nuclear talks since April 12, the highest-level contact between them since US President Donald Trump abandoned the 2015 nuclear deal during his first term. “The 5th round of Iran-US talks will take place in Rome this Friday,” Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi said in a post on X. Foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said in a statement that Tehran had agreed “to a proposal put forward by (mediator) Oman… to organise another round of Iran-US talks” in the Italian capital on Friday. The talks aim for a new agreement that would curb Iran’s nuclear activities in return for sanctions relief. Western countries, including the United States, have long accused Iran of seeking to acquire atomic weapons, while Iran insists its nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes.
Iran confirmed it would attend the meeting.
Iran-US nuclear talks set for Friday in Rome
