U.S. President Says Nuclear Talks with Iran 'Going OK'

World 11:52 AM - 2025-04-13

U.S. President Donald Trump.

U.S. President Donald Trump said that the talks with Iran regarding its nuclear programme are progressing well after the two sides' delegates met in Oman. 

Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, President Trump said: “I think they’re going OK. Nothing matters until you get it done. So, I don’t like talking about it. But it’s going OK. The Iran situation is going pretty good, I think.” The White House announced last night that the talks in Oman were very positive and constructive.

U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff told Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi that the U.S. President had instructed him to work towards resolving the disputes between the countries through dialogue and diplomacy, if that proves possible. Both delegations agreed to meet again this coming Saturday.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry described the talks as "constructive and based on mutual respect." It was also reported that Araghchi and Witkoff had a brief direct conversation upon exiting the talks venue in Muscat, Oman.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ismail Bakaei said on Iranian television that he does not expect the current talks to be lengthy. "Our goal is to ensure Iran's national interests. We are giving a real and sincere opportunity to diplomacy," he added.

"Positive and constructive talks"

Following the first round of negotiations between the two sides on Saturday, 12 April 2025, Iran and the United States agreed to hold more negotiations next week.

The negotiations were indirect and were mediated by Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Albusaidi. However, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi posted on his Telegram channel that his delegation had a brief encounter with its U.S. counterpart, headed by Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, after they exited the indirect talks mediated by Oman.

"After the end of more than 2-1/2 hours of indirect talks, the heads of the Iranian and American delegations spoke for a few minutes in the presence of the Omani foreign minister as they left the talks," Araqchi said.

He said the talks - a first between Iran and a Trump administration, including his first term in 2017-21 - took place in a "productive and positive atmosphere".

"Both sides have agreed to continue the talks next week," Araqchi wrote, without elaborating about the venue and date.



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