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The United States and Iran made progress in a second round of high-stakes talks on Tehran's nuclear programme on Saturday and agreed to meet again next week, both sides said.
The Oman-mediated talks in Rome lasted about four hours, Iranian state television and a senior US official said.
Tehran's top diplomat, Abbas Araghchi declared it a "good meeting" that yielded progress.
"This time we managed to reach a better understanding on a series of principles and goals," he told Iranian state TV.
The senior US official said in a statement that after over four hours of talks in the second round, good progress was made in the direct and indirect discussions."
Iran's foreign ministry said the parties "agreed to resume indirect talks at a technical level over the next few days and continue at the level of two senior negotiators next Saturday, April 26.
The US official confirmed another meeting next week but did not specify which day or where.
Oman said the third round would be in Muscat, returning to the site of the first talks a week ago.
Those were the first discussions at such a high level between the foes since US President Donald Trump abandoned a landmark nuclear accord in 2018.
Western countries, including the United States, have long accused Iran of seeking to acquire nuclear weapons - an allegation Tehran has consistently denied, insisting that its programme was for peaceful civilian purposes.
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