'Iran is not following the current deal:' Are nuclear talks meaningless? | LBC analysis

Iran says it has held "indirect" talks with the US over rapid advances to its rapidly advancing nuclear programme. Henry Riley hears from security analyst Dr Efrat Sopher. Iran's foreign minister later said the next round of nuclear talks with the US will be on Saturday April 19. Iranian state TV also said US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi "briefly spoke in the presence of the Omani foreign minister" at the end of the talks, marking an interaction between the two nations locked in decades of tensions. American officials did not immediately acknowledge the Iranian reports. The two sides spoke for more than two hours at a location on the outskirts of Oman, ending the talks around 5.50pm local time. The talks began at around 3.30pm local time. No overall agreement had been immediately likely from the initial talks, but the stakes of the negotiations could not be higher for these two nations closing in on half a century of enmity. US President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to unleash air strikes targeting Iran's nuclear programme if a deal is not reached. Iranian officials increasingly warn that they could pursue a nuclear weapon with their stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels. Flight-tracking data analysed by The Associated Press (AP) showed that a private jet from Pulkovo Airport in St Petersburg, Russia, arrived in Oman on Saturday morning. US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff had just met Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday there.