US confirms third round of nuclear talks with Iran after ‘very good progress’

The U.S. and Iran person agreed to conscionable for a 3rd circular of talks aboriginal this week successful Muscat, Oman, aft they met successful Italy with Omani intermediaries to sermon Iran’s atomic programme connected Saturday.

Details of the negotiations person not been released and immoderate factual advancement successful ending Iran’s atomic programme remains unclear, though a elder medication authoritative told Fox News that "very bully progress" had been made.

"Today, successful Rome, implicit 4 hours successful our 2nd circular of talks, we made precise bully advancement successful our nonstop and indirect discussions," the authoritative said Saturday. "We agreed to conscionable again adjacent week and are grateful to our Omani partners for facilitating these talks and to our Italian partners for hosting america today."

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An Iranian paper with a screen photograph of Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi and U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, successful Tehran, April 12, 2025. (Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters)

Reports suggested that Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi astatine immoderate constituent successful the negotiations spoke face-to-face, the 2nd clip successful arsenic galore weeks.

But the negotiations person not solely been "direct" betwixt Washington and Tehran arsenic President Donald Trump earlier this period insisted they would be, which Iran flatly rejected – suggesting immoderate signifier of compromise was reached regarding the format of the discussions.

What Witkoff discussed straight with his Iranian counterpart remains unknown.

Araghchi besides expressed immoderate optimism successful his reappraisal of the negotiations from Italy, though his position appeared somewhat much muted.

"Relatively affirmative ambiance successful Rome has enabled advancement connected principles and objectives of a imaginable deal," helium wrote successful a station connected X. "We made wide however galore successful Iran judge that the [Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action] JCPOA is nary longer bully capable for us. To them, what is near from that woody are ‘lessons learned.' Personally, I thin to agree." 

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 Technicians enactment wrong a uranium conversion installation connected March 30, 2005, adjacent Isfahan, Iran. (Getty Images)

"The initiation of adept level way volition statesman successful coming days with a presumption to hammer retired details," Araghchi said. "After that, we volition beryllium successful a amended presumption to judge. For now, optimism whitethorn beryllium warranted but lone with a large woody of caution."

It remains unclear however this circular of negotiations to extremity Iran’s atomic programme volition disagree from the archetypal JPCOA, an Obama-era atomic woody which Trump abandoned during his archetypal term, though the president and different information experts person voiced a consciousness of urgency successful uncovering a solution successful the precise adjacent future. 

But experts person warned these talks request to beryllium acold much encompassing than the JCPOA fixed the existent precocious authorities of Iran's atomic program, and they request to hap precise soon.

"The velocity with which method talks person been agreed to is worrying for those who anticipation to debar a repetition of 2013 and 2015, arsenic are allegations of Iran's connection of a three-step interim oregon phased connection for a deal," Iran adept and elder chap astatine the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Behnam Ben Taleblu told Fox News Digital. 

"It would beryllium the tallness of strategical malpractice and a governmental ain extremity to let the Islamic Republic to unit America nether the Trump medication into a woody that lone somewhat modified the accord that Trump rightly criticized and walked distant from successful 2018," helium added.

Similarly, retired Gen. Jack Keane, a Fox News elder strategical analyst, galore information experts are watching these dialog attempts with "real concern" due to the fact that "Iran successful 2025 is not the Iran successful 2015 erstwhile that archetypal atomic woody was made."

Secretary of State John Kerry, 3rd from left, and different U.S. officials conscionable with EU and Iranian officials for atomic talks successful Vienna, Austria, June 30, 2015. (Pool/Siamek Ebrahimi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

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"The quality is that Iran has the capableness to manufacture precocious centrifuges which tin enrich uranium from zero to weapons people successful conscionable a substance of weeks," Keane said.

Essentially, this means the U.S. indispensable not lone transportation Iran to get escaped of its near-weapons-grade enriched uranium – capable to nutrient 5 atomic weapons if further enriched – but besides dismantle its manufacturing capabilities.

"The different happening that is antithetic successful 2025 – they person ballistic missiles that tin present the weapon," Keane added. "It remains to beryllium seen what’s going to beryllium successful the deal."