‘Can tell you something good in 2 days’: Trump Iran hints on progress in nuclear talks
US President Donald Trump on Sunday indicated that Tehran’s nuclear program progressed with Iran, and indicated that an announcement could “come in the next two days”. “We have made some very, very good conversations with Iran. And I don’t know if I am telling you anything good or bad in the next two days, but I feel that I am telling you something good, “News agency AFP quoted Trump in the northern New Jersey, where he spent most of the weekends.He said, “We have some real progress, serious progress. Let’s see what happens, but I think we can give some good news on Iran’s front,” he said.Steve Witcoff and Michael Anton, the Middle East of Trump, the policy planning director of the US State Department, represented the United States in the latest fifth round of talks with Iran held on Saturday and Sunday at the Omani Embassy in Rome.The Oman-mediation dialogue that began in April is the highest level of contact between the two sides as Washington abandoned a landmark 2015 nuclear deal during Trump’s first term.Since returning to office in January, he has revived his “maximum pressure” campaign on Iran, supporting the conversation, but if diplomacy fails then warns of “military action”.However, Tehran wants a new deal to reduce the sanctions that have surpassed their economy.After the latest round, Iranian Foreign Minister and Prominent Contesting Abbas Araghchi reduced progress, saying “is very complicated to solve the talks in two or three meetings.”It was echoed by Oman’s Foreign Minister, who said the latest talks “with some but not with decisive progress.”Talks came ahead of the June 1 meeting of the United Nations Atomic Watchdog, Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), during which Iran’s nuclear activities will be reviewed.
