Iran, the United States has begun negotiations on Oman on Tehran’s rapidly developing nuclear program

Envoys from Iran and the United States Negotiations begin Saturday In Oman, there is a nuclear program on the rapid development of Tehran.

There is no general agreement, but the bet to close negotiations between the two countries in a half century of hatred will not be higher. President Trump repeatedly threatened to release air strikes against Iran’s nuclear program if no deal was reached. Iranian officials are increasingly warning that they can use uranium to store to near-weapon-level levels in pursuit of nuclear weapons.

A private plane from Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg, Russia, arrived in Oman on Saturday morning, flight tracking data analyzed by the Associated Press. U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff just met with Russian President Vladimir Putin there on Friday.

Meanwhile, the Iranian Foreign Ministry released a video of Tehran’s top diplomat Abbas Araghchi meeting with Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi. Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency reported that Araghchi provided Iran’s “position and key points to convey the negotiations to the United States.”

The IRNA report recommends that the meeting will be held later on Saturday.

A convoy believed to have carried Witkov from Oman’s Foreign Ministry and accelerated into Muscat’s suburbs, an Associated Press reporter saw. The convoy entered a compound and a few minutes later, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei wrote on social platform X that “indirect negotiations” had begun.

“These talks will be held at the location planned by the Oman host, with the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States sitting in the hall and side of the United States conveying their views and positions to them through the Omanian Foreign Minister,” Bahá’i wrote.

Araghchi had an earlier conversation with Iranian journalists.

“If both sides have enough will, we will decide a timeline. But it is too early to talk about this,” Araghchi said in an audio clip published by IRNA. “It is obvious now that the negotiations are indirect, and in our opinion, only on the nuclear issue and will be reached on the same basis of agreements with the necessary will and will lead to ensuring the national interest of the Iranian people.”

Both Trump and Witkov described the negotiations as “direct.”

Witkoff told the Wall Street Journal before his trip. “By the way, this doesn’t mean that at profit margins, we won’t find other ways to find compromises between the two countries.”

“Where will our red line be, your nuclear energy cannot be weaponized,” he added.

While the U.S. side can provide sanctions relief to Iran’s plagued economy, it is unclear how much Iran is willing to admit. Under the 2015 nuclear deal, Iran can only maintain a small portion of its uranium reserves, reaching 3.67%. Today, Tehran’s stock can allow its choice, if it chooses, and it has up to 60% material, far from the level of weapon level, it can be rich in 60%. Since Trump unilaterally withdrew his U.S. from 2018 negotiations, Iran may demand to enrich uranium to at least 20%.

One thing it won’t do is to give up its program altogether. This led Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to propose a so-called Libyan solution – “You go in, blow up facilities, remove all equipment, and under the supervision of the United States, the United States executes” – not feasible.

Iran is establishing a “true and fair” agreement with the United States Regarding its nuclear program, a senior aide to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Friday ahead of talks this weekend.

“Tehran is not holding a show in front of the camera, but is just looking for a real fair deal, but important, implementable advice is ready,” Khameneni adviser Ali Ali Shamkhani said in a post on X.