"We are ready to discuss issues related to our programme provided that they are also ready to talk about sanctions. Those sanctions also have to be on the table. One cannot accept the notion that Iran has to do certain things without the other side committing itself to do their share," Iran deputy foreign minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi told BBC in an interview. NDTV reported.
On February 6, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held talks in Oman with US envoy Steve Witkoff and US President Donald Trump's influential son-in-law Jared Kushner. The talks were indirect, with the Omanis acting as mediators.
Sunday, a Swiss foreign ministry spokesman told AFP that Oman would host a second round of talks over Tehran's nuclear programme in Geneva next week, without providing further details.
Switzerland has played a key role in diplomatic relations between Iran and the United States for decades. Renowned for its neutrality, Switzerland has been representing US interests in Iran since Washington broke off relations with Tehran after the 1980 hostage crisis, a year after the Iranian revolution. In its role as the so-called protecting power, Switzerland has for decades allowed the two feuding nations to maintain a minimum of diplomatic and consular relations
