An Iranian delegation headed by Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has arrived in Rome ahead of nuclear talks with the United States, according to images broadcast early Saturday by Iranian state television,
France 24 reports.
Araghchi, who is slated to hold a second round of Oman-mediated talks with US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, was shown disembarking from an Islamic Republic airplane.
Representatives from Iran and the United States are holding a new round of nuclear talks in Rome on Saturday to resolve their decades-long standoff over Tehran's atomic aims, under the shadow of US President Donald Trump's threat to unleash military action if diplomacy fails.
Iranian state television reported that the talks in the Italian capital would begin at 8:30am (GMT).
Araghchi and Witkoff will negotiate indirectly through mediators from Oman, a week after a first round in Muscat that both sides described as constructive.
Araghchi said in Moscow on Friday that Iran believes reaching an agreement on its nuclear programme with the United States is possible as long as Washington is realistic.
Tehran has however sought to tamp down expectations of a quick deal, after some Iranian officials speculated that sanctions could be lifted soon. Iran's utmost authority, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said this week he was "neither overly optimistic nor pessimistic".
For his part, Trump told reporters on Friday: "I'm for stopping Iran, very simply, from having a nuclear weapon. They can't have a nuclear weapon. I want Iran to be great and prosperous and terrific."
