Iran and P5+1 to resume talks in Oman

Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany will open a new round of talks about Tehran’s nuclear energy program in Oman on November 11, a senior Iranian negotiator says, Press TV reports.

“Negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 will be held ... a week on Tuesday in Muscat,” Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Abbas Araqchi told reporters on Sunday.

Ahead of the negotiations between Iran and the P5+1, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, US Secretary of State John Kerry and outgoing EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, who represents the six powers, will sit down for nuclear talks in Muscat on November 9 and 10.

“In the trilateral meeting between Zarif, Kerry and Ashton, the sides will discuss issues such as [level of uranium] enrichment and sanctions,” Araqchi said.