JAKARTA - Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Iran and the United States on Tuesday reached an understanding on the main "guiding principles" in talks aimed at resolving their long-running nuclear dispute.
However, Foreign Minister Araghchi also said that it did not mean that the two countries would immediately reach an agreement.
Iran and the United States held the second round of the latest nuclear negotiations with the intermediary of Oman, which was held in Geneva, Switzerland on Tuesday.
"Various ideas have been proposed, these ideas have been discussed seriously, in the end we were able to reach a general agreement on some guiding principles," Foreign Minister Araqchi told Iranian media after the talks ended in Geneva, Reuters reported (18/2).
A US official said Iran would submit detailed proposals in the next two weeks to close gaps in nuclear talks.
"Progress has been made, but there are still many details to be discussed," said the official, who declined to be named.
The White House did not respond to Reuters' questions via email regarding the indirect negotiations that were followed by US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and US President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
Meanwhile, Oman's Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi said in a social media post, "there is still much work to be done" but Iran and the US left the meeting with "clear next steps".
Speaking at a disarmament conference in Geneva after the talks, Araqchi said a "new window of opportunity" had opened and he hoped the discussions would lead to a "sustainable" solution that ensured full recognition of Iran's legitimate rights.
The Uncle Sam state is known to be trying to expand the scope of talks to non-nuclear issues such as Iran's missile stockpiles. Meanwhile, Tehran said they were only willing to discuss restrictions on its nuclear program, in exchange for the lifting of sanctions, and would not completely stop uranium enrichment or discuss its missile program.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei reiterated his country's position that Iran's missile stockpiles are non-negotiable and that the type and range of missiles have nothing to do with the United States.
A senior Iranian official told Reuters on Tuesday that the success of the Geneva talks depended on the US not making unrealistic demands and on its seriousness in lifting the sanctions that crippled Iran.
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