Negotiations with Iran 'going OK': Trump

TABNAK, Apr 13 - Evaluating Saturday indirect negotiations between Iran and US , Donald Trump said that the talks are going okay.

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Date: 13 April 2025 - 07:30

"Nothing matters until you get it done, so I don’t like talking about it, but it’s going OK," Trump said.

"The Iran situation is going pretty good, I think," he said on Air Force One, Reuters reported.

Saturday's exchanges were indirect and mediated by Oman, as Iran had wanted, rather than face-to-face, as Trump had demanded. Each delegation had its separate room and exchanged messages via Oman's foreign minister, according to Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said his delegation had a brief encounter with its US counterpart headed by Witkoff after they exited the talks.

"After the end of more than 2-1/2 hours of indirect talks, the heads of the Iranian and American delegations spoke for a few minutes in the presence of the Omani foreign minister as they left the talks. It (the encounter) was based on our political etiquette," Araqchi said.

Araghchi said the talks took place in a "productive, calm and positive atmosphere".

"Both sides have agreed to continue the talks ... probably next Saturday," Araghchi added. "Iran and the US side want an agreement in the short term. We do not want talks for (the sake of) talks."