AMMAN — President Donald Trump said that the US and Iran had "very good talks" in Oman after delegations from both countries participated in indirect discussions in the Gulf state.

 

“Iran looks like it wants to make a deal very badly. We have to see what that deal is,” CNN quoted Trump as saying aboard Air Force One.

 

Friday’s talks in Oman were the first round of negotiations between the two countries since the US and Israel struck the Islamic Republic last summer

 

Both parties have since agreed to hold follow-on discussions after consultations with their capitals, according to a source familiar with the negotiations, according to CNN.

 

The talks took place amid an American military buildup in the Middle East, and after Trump threatened to strike Iran if it used lethal force against protesters or refuses to sign a nuclear deal.

 

Ahead of the talks, Iran’s foreign minister said his country “enters diplomacy with open eyes and a steady memory of the past year.”

 

“We engage in good faith and stand firm on our rights,” Abbas Araghchi wrote on X.