Foreign Minister says nuclear agreement within reach

Iran says a nuclear agreement with the U.S. is “within reach”, with the two sides due for a sixth round of indirect talks on Sunday in Muscat, Oman.

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00:00Meanwhile, Iran says a nuclear agreement with the U.S. is within reach and could be achieved quickly.

00:06The two sides are due for a sixth round of indirect talks on Sunday in Moskhat, Oman.

00:12The remark was made by Foreign Minister Syed Abbas Arachi on social media platform X on Wednesday.

00:19He stressed that any deal would depend on two conditions,

00:22the continuation of Iran's uranium enrichment under full supervision by the International Atomic Energy Agency

00:28and the effective lifting of sanctions.

00:31Meanwhile, Iran's Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh warned that if talks collapse and conflict erupts,

00:38U.S. military bases across the Middle East, all within Iran's striking range, would be targeted.

00:44Since April, Iran and the U.S. have held five rounds of indirect talks mediated by Oman,

00:50three in Moskhat and two in Rome, focusing on Iran's nuclear program and potential sanctions relief.

00:56The U.S. has consistently pushed for a complete halt to Iran's enrichment activities,

01:01a demand that Iran firmly rejects.