Iran’s Foreign Ministry announced Thursday that the fourth round of indirect nuclear talks with the United States has been postponed, following a proposal by mediator Oman due to “logistical reasons.”
The talks, which were scheduled for Saturday in Rome, were expected to build on what both Tehran and Washington had previously described as progress in earlier rounds.
“The next round of indirect Iran-US talks, which were scheduled to be held in Rome on Saturday, has been postponed,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said in a statement. “This decision was made based on a proposal from Oman. A new date will be announced later.”
Oman’s Foreign Minister, Badr Albusaidi, echoed the explanation on X (formerly Twitter), stating: “For logistical reasons, we are rescheduling the US-Iran meeting provisionally planned for Saturday, May 3. New dates will be announced when mutually agreed.”
A source familiar with the situation revealed that the United States had never formally confirmed its participation in the upcoming round.
Iranian diplomats were also scheduled to meet with representatives from Germany, Britain, and France in Rome on Friday. However, it remains uncertain whether those meetings will proceed as planned.
The Iran-US dialogue, facilitated by Oman since April 12, marks the highest-level indirect engagement between the two countries in years—since then-President Donald Trump withdrew from the 2015 nuclear agreement in 2018.
Since returning to office, President Trump has resumed his “maximum pressure” strategy against Tehran. In March, he reportedly sent a letter to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, proposing renewed talks but warning of potential military consequences should diplomacy fail.
