An Iranian nuclear deal could be reached during the next round of talks between the United States and Iran, sources told CNN on Wednesday.
The mediators are “closing in on a broad agreement” that could be achieved next time the countries meet, likely in a Middle Eastern country, the report said.
US President Donald Trump also told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “not to disrupt talks,” it said.
Netanyahu had threatened to strike Iranian nuclear facilities, as the US expressed concern that the airstrikes would disrupt nuclear talks, preferring to exhaust diplomatic avenues, The New York Times reported Wednesday. In response to the report, the Prime Minister’s Office said it was “fake news.”
Trump told reporters in the Oval Office: “I told him [Netanyahu] it would be inappropriate to do this right now, because we’re very close to a solution now. That could change at any moment.”
The fifth round of talks between the US and Iran concluded last Friday in Rome, with Iranian and Omani officials issuing positive statements about the future of the talks.
Previous round of US-Iran talks led to 'some but not conclusive progress'
During the negotiations, US special envoy Steve Witkoff held more than two hours of talks with the Iranian delegation and agreed to meet in the near future.
The Omani foreign minister, however, said the fifth round had wrapped up “with some, but not conclusive, progress,” and that “we hope to clarify the remaining issues in the coming days to allow us to proceed towards the common goal of reaching a sustainable and honorable agreement.”
Amichai Stein and Reuters contributed to this report.