Washington: Iran and the United States held a fresh round of indirect nuclear talks in Geneva this week, with Tehran signalling limited progress even as it conducted live-fire missile drills in the Strait of Hormuz and issued fresh warnings over its nuclear rights.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi, who is heading Tehran's delegation, said Iran and the US reached an understanding on the main "guiding principles", but work still needed to be done.
"Different ideas have been presented, these ideas have been seriously discussed, ultimately we've been able to reach a general agreement on some guiding principles, from now on we will move based on those principles and enter the text of a potential agreement," Aragchi told the media.
The talks are mediated by Oman and held under tight security at the residence of the Omani ambassador to the United Nations. After the talks, US Vice President JD Vance said Tehran has yet to accept key conditions laid out by President Donald Trump for a diplomatic breakthrough.
"In some ways, it went well; they agreed to meet afterwards," Vance told Fox News. "But in other ways, it was very clear that the President has set some red lines that the Iranians are not yet willing to actually acknowledge and work through," he added, clarifying that the ultimate decision on how long to pursue talks rests with Trump.
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