Iran said on Tuesday, June 10th, that a new round of nuclear talks with the United States is planned for Sunday, June 15th, after Washington submitted a proposal for a deal amid a standoff over uranium enrichment.
The two countries have held five rounds of talks since April, the highest level contact since President Donald Trump withdrew Washington from a 2015 nuclear accord during his first term.
“The next round of Iran-U.S. indirect talks is being planned for next Sunday in Muscat,” Oman, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said in a statement.
Trump had earlier said the meeting with Iran was expected on Thursday but Baqaei noted that Iran’s foreign minister and chief negotiator Abbas Araghchi would be attending the Norway’s Oslo Forum, a gathering of conflict mediators.
The sixth round of talks will come around two weeks after Iran received a U.S. proposal for nuclear deal which Araghchi described as containing “ambiguities.”
Iran said the U.S. proposal failed to include “elements” reflective of the previous negotiations including lifting of sanctions.
Tehran said it would present a “reasonable, logical and balanced” counter-proposal to the United States through mediator Oman.
