Iranian FM voices satisfaction with "process, pace" of indirect talks with US

Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Saturday expressed satisfaction with the latest round of indirect talks between Iran and the...

Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Saturday expressed satisfaction with the latest round of indirect talks between Iran and the United States, according to the official news agency IRNA.

He made the remarks while speaking to reporters at the end of the third round of the indirect negotiations between delegations from the two sides in the Omani capital Muscat, headed by him and US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, on Tehran's nuclear program and the removal of Washington's sanctions.

"I am satisfied with the process of the talks' formation and their pace," Araghchi said, noting that the negotiations "reflect a good and satisfactory process."

"The atmosphere is good, and both sides have seriousness. I think that the other side also has the will. We are completely determined. However, whether an agreement can be reached or not, I am certainly hopeful but very cautiously," said the minister.

He added that the two sides "gradually entered into some more detailed and technical discussions" during the third round of indirect talks.