Fifth round of nuclear talks set for Friday in Rome as Iran insists on right to enrich

Tehran agrees to more talks though US has said it cannot enrich uranium; Netanyahu says he’d welcome deal that bars regime from enriching, ensures it can’t build bomb.  Iran and the United States will hold the next round of talks on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program in Rome later this week, Tehran and mediator Oman said Wednesday.

The arch-foes have held four rounds of nuclear talks since April 12, the highest-level contact between them since US President Donald Trump abandoned the 2015 nuclear deal during his first term.

“The 5th round of Iran-US talks will take place in Rome this Friday,” Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi said in a post on X.Iran confirmed it would attend the meeting. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said in a statement that Tehran had agreed “to a proposal put forward by (mediator) Oman… to organize another round of Iran-US talks” in the Italian capital on Friday. (Read More)