The negotiations planned between Iran and the United States this weekend about the Vetheran rapid nuclear program have been postponed, Oman said.
Oman's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Badr al-Busaidi, made this announcement in an article on the social platform X.
“For logistical reasons, we reproduce the American meeting of Iran scheduled for Saturday May 3,” he wrote. “New dates will be announced when they are mutually agreed.”
Al-Busaidi, who has so far been mediated by talks across three towers, has not developed.
The spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Esmail Baghaei, published a statement describing the talks as “postponed to the request of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Oman”.
He said that Iran was determined to reach a fair and lasting agreement “.
Meanwhile, a person familiar with American negotiators said that Washington “had never confirmed their participation” to a fourth cycle of talks in Rome.
However, the person said the United States expected the talks to happen “in the near future”.
Two other cycles of talks took place in Muscat, the Omanaise capital.
Translections seek to limit Iran's nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of some of the overwhelming economic sanctions that the United States has imposed on the country.
Negotiations were led by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and the American envoy of the Middle East Steve Witkoff.
Trump threatens air strikes
US President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to trigger air strikes on Iranian nuclear sites if an agreement is not concluded.
Iranian officials warned that they could pursue a nuclear weapon with their stock of uranium enriched at levels of quality weapons.
The 2015 Landmark Nuclear Agreement, known as the Complete Complete Action Plan, has limited Tehran's nuclear activities.
But Trump unilaterally withdrew in 2018, triggering years of attacks and tensions.
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Meanwhile, the United States continues an air strike campaign, called “Operation Rough Rider”, which targets the rebel Houthi group in Yemen, which has long been supported by Iran.
The US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth issued a warning to Iran earlier to support the militant group.
“Message to Iran: we see your deadly support for the Houthis. We know exactly what you are doing,” he wrote.
ADVERTISEMENT“You know very well what the American army is capable of – and you have been warned. You will pay the consequence at the time and instead of our choice.”
