Omani mediator says Iran-US talks made ‘some but not conclusive progress’

Delegates arrive at the Omani Embassy in Rome (Andrew Medichini/AP)

Iran and the United States made “some but not conclusive progress” in a fifth round of negotiations in Rome over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear programme, the talks’ Omani mediator said.

The remarks by Badr al-Busaidi suggested the negotiations between the two long-time enemies would continue even as the talks run up against their toughest challenge: Trying to find middle ground between American demands that Iran stop enriching uranium while Tehran insists its programme must continue.