Tehran: Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on Thursday that the fourth round of indirect nuclear talks with the United States, scheduled for Saturday in Rome, has been postponed at the mediator Oman’s proposal.
He made the announcement in an address to reporters, adding that the new dates would be announced later, according to a statement by the ministry.
Baghaei reaffirmed Iran’s determination to use diplomacy to safeguard the nation’s “legitimate and legal” interests and to end the sanctions and economic pressure against Iran.
The spokesman stressed that “since entering the talks with goodwill, the Iranian delegation has been discussing specific frameworks based on the country’s principled positions under international law regarding using nuclear energy peacefully and ending illegal sanctions, demonstrating its seriousness in result-oriented talks aimed at achieving a just, rational, and sustainable agreement.”
Earlier in the day, Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi officially announced on social media platform X that the fourth round of the Iran-U.S. talks scheduled for Saturday had been postponed for “logistical reasons,” adding, “New dates will be announced when mutually agreed.”
Oman has been facilitating the dialogue between Iran and the United States to help narrow differences between the two countries and promote regional stability. With the Omani mediation, the first and third rounds of Iran-U.S. talks were held in the Omani capital Muscat on April 12 and April 26, and the second one in Rome on April 19.
