While noting that the overall atmosphere was positive, Baghaei voiced concern over \u201cconflicting statements from some US officials,\u201d saying such remarks raise doubts about Washington\u2019s level of seriousness in the process.<\/p>\n
ERBIL (Kurdistan24) \u2014 Esmail Baghaei, spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, said on Thursday that Iran\u2019s negotiating delegation held nearly three hours of intensive talks with the United States in Geneva, describing the discussions as serious despite concerns over mixed messages from Washington.<\/p>\n
Speaking at a press conference, Baghaei stated that both sides presented their views \u201cseriously\u201d during the meeting, which was also attended by Omani Foreign Minister Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi and Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi.<\/p>\n
While noting that the overall atmosphere was positive, Baghaei voiced concern over \u201cconflicting statements from some US officials,\u201d saying such remarks raise doubts about Washington\u2019s level of seriousness in the process.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur positions remain stable and unchanged,\u201d he said, adding that discussions on the two key issues \u2014 Iran\u2019s nuclear program and the lifting of sanctions \u2014 were expected to continue later in the evening.<\/p>\n
Baghaei also revealed that several proposals were drafted during Thursday\u2019s session, but explained that some would need to be reviewed by leadership in the respective capitals before final decisions are made.<\/p>\n
He confirmed that negotiations are set to resume at around 6 p.m. Geneva time, approximately 8 p.m. Kurdistan Region time.<\/p>\n
A senior Iranian official separately told Reuters that the talks were \u201cintense and serious,\u201d as another round of negotiations between Tehran and Washington unfolded in Geneva.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While noting that the overall atmosphere was positive, Baghaei voiced concern over \u201cconflicting statements from some US officials,\u201d…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20053,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[11340,65,4872],"class_list":{"0":"post-20052","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-geneva","8":"tag-esmail-baghaei","9":"tag-geneva","10":"tag-us-iran-nuclear-talks"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}