Iran FM says latest round of talks ‘a good start’

Al Jazeera update

IRAN says indirect talks between US and Iranian officials have ended in Oman after weeks of escalating tensions and fears of a military confrontation between the two countries.   

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi travelled to the Omani capital Muscat for the discussions, while United States President Donald Trump’s advisers Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner took part.

An Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson says the goal of the meeting was to reach “a fair, mutually satisfactory, and honourable agreement regarding the nuclear issue”.

The exact topics of discussion remained unclear as the Trump administration has been pushing for issues beyond Iran’s nuclear programme to be on the table, despite clear opposition from Tehran.