The fourth round of talks between the United States and Iran has been postponed. Scheduled in Rome for Saturday, the new date for the nuclear talks will be set, ‘depending on the US approach’, according to the Iranian official’s statement to international media.

The country of Oman has mediated the earlier sessions of the US-Iran talks and says that this round of nuclear discussions was rescheduled for “logistical reasons”. However, international media also reportedly said in this matter that the United States has yet to confirm its participation in the fourth round of talks in Rome.

Nuclear Talks

Earlier on Thursday, Iran accused the US of “contradictory behaviour and provocative statements” after Washington warned Tehran of consequences for backing Yemen’s Houthis. The US also imposed new oil sanctions on the country amidst these nuclear talks. Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday that Tehran would continue to engage “seriously and resolutely” in result-oriented negotiations with the United States, as reported by the country’s national media.

The nuclear talks between Iran and the US that were provisionally scheduled for May 3, according to Oman, and seek to limit Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of some of the crushing economic sanctions imposed by the US on the Islamic Republic of Iran. These talks are said to cure a half-century of enmity between the two nation states. These negotiations have been led by the Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi and the US Mideast envoy, Steve Midkoff.

The US sanctions on Iran during the nuclear talks are not seemingly helping the resolution of nuclear disputes between the two nation-states through diplomacy. It now falls in the hands of the US to decide on the next round of talks.