{"id":133520,"date":"2025-04-13T07:25:34","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T07:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/iran-and-u-s-agree-to-more-talks-over-tehrans-nuclear-program-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2025-04-13T07:25:34","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T07:25:34","slug":"iran-and-u-s-agree-to-more-talks-over-tehrans-nuclear-program-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/iran-and-u-s-agree-to-more-talks-over-tehrans-nuclear-program-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran and U.S. agree to more talks over Tehran\u2019s nuclear program &#8211; NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Profile<br \/>Sections<br \/>Local<br \/>tv<br \/>Featured<br \/>More From NBC<br \/>Follow NBC News<br \/> news Alerts<br \/>There are no new alerts at this time<br \/>MUSCAT, Oman \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/iran\" target=\"_blank\">Iran and the United States will hold more negotiations <\/a>next week over\u00a0Tehran\u2019s rapidly advancing nuclear program, Iranian state television reported Saturday at the end of the first round of talks between the two countries since President Donald Trump returned to the White House.<br \/>Iran\u2019s state-run broadcaster revealed that U.S. Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi \u201cbriefly spoke\u201d together \u2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-us-timeline-nuclear-program-uranium-tehran-118ab7924978559857cceb5a39f711f5\" target=\"_blank\">the first time<\/a>\u00a0the two nations have done that since the Obama administration.<br \/>Tehran\u2019s declaration that the two sides spoke face-to-face \u2014 even if briefly \u2014 suggests the negotiations went well even to Iranian state TV, which long has been controlled by hard-liners.<br \/>In a statement released Saturday afternoon, the White House described the discussions as \u201cvery positive and constructive,\u201d while conceding the issues that need to be resolved \u201care very complicated.\u201d<br \/>\u201cSpecial Envoy Witkoff\u2019s direct communication today was a step forward in achieving a mutually beneficial outcome,\u201d the White House said.<br \/>The next round of talks will take place Saturday, April 19, according to the Iranian and American statements.<br \/>This first round of talks began at around 3:30 p.m. local. The two sides spoke for over two hours at a location in the outskirts of Muscat, Oman\u2019s capital, ending the talks around 5:50 p.m. local time. The convoy believed to be carrying Witkoff returned to Muscat before disappearing into traffic around a neighborhood that is home to the U.S. Embassy.<br \/>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/us-iran-nuclear-talks-sanctions-donald-trump-weapons-israel-rcna200380\" target=\"_blank\">stakes of the negotiations couldn\u2019t be higher <\/a>for the two nations\u00a0closing in on half a century of enmity. Trump repeatedly has threatened to unleash airstrikes targeting Iran\u2019s nuclear program if a deal isn\u2019t reached. Iranian officials increasingly warn that they could pursue a nuclear weapon with their stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels.<br \/>The Associated Press<br \/>&copy;&nbsp;2025 NBCUniversal Media, LLC<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikwFBVV95cUxQb21XdC1KOTlpaDA3cENDc0JZczRBQWFYS1hzNTM1ME1FNHRUM2prNEw3QUZpM19oSnc5NmJhUlppRW9QOG83VF9iQndFU2xJb3d0S2R5Q1dGR1RUZnFuTkJHMXl2N3dvTVJDTUJVbkl6VG9nMGRRNUpZR3NOekhXZk5vVVllZGNWZ2FycDFvTG1SRHfSAVZBVV95cUxQX0UybW52Nm9nSXJ0RVRJOWl0Z1RoNTJMUWlLRVdmUFk5QWhCM01iOExudGVOSVM4QlZmRUdDRE9IQWc5RVc4Y1VQbFppYUZKZUJPaXIzdw?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ProfileSectionsLocaltvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC News news AlertsThere are no new alerts at this timeMUSCAT, Oman \u2014 Iran and the United States will hold more negotiations next week over\u00a0Tehran\u2019s rapidly advancing nuclear program, Iranian state television reported Saturday at the end of the first round of talks between the two countries since President Donald Trump returned [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":133521,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-us","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}