The Iranian Foreign Minister said the response sent through Oman has confirmed its policy that “indirect negotiations can continue.”
Iran responded to a letter from President Donald Trump through Oman. There, they urged Tehran to reach a new nuclear deal, Iranian national media reported.
Iran’s official IRNA news agency released an article on Thursday stating that Foreign Minister Abbas Aragut said Iran’s response to Trump’s letter was “sent appropriately through Oman.”
“Our policy is not to engage in direct negotiations under the greatest pressure and military threats, but indirect negotiations can continue, as in the past,” said Araghchi, cited by the IRNA.
“Our responses include a letter detailing our views on the current situation and our views on Trump’s letter,” the minister said.
In his first term as US president, Trump withdraws the United States from a 2015 contract between Iran and global powers that imposed strict restrictions on Tehran’s contested nuclear activities in exchange for sanctions relief.
Since Trump re-mixed the fact that he retreated in 2018 and cleaned up US sanctions, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Iran has accumulated enough fissile material in multiple bombs but has not made efforts to build it.
Iran claims that the nuclear program is for civilian energy purposes.
The contents of Trump’s letter to 85-year-old Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who came when the Trump administration imposed new sanctions on Iran as part of its maximum pressure campaign, has not been released.
The letter from the US President was handed over to Iranian officials by senior Emirati diplomat Anwar Gargash when he visited Tehran on March 12, 2025.
No further details have been made about Iran’s reaction, but Tehran has so far rejected Trump’s warnings, either making a deal or facing military consequences.
Earlier on Thursday, Kamal Haraj, adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, Khamenei, said Tehran “has not closed all the doors” for negotiations.
“We are ready for indirect negotiations with the United States to evaluate other parties, state their own terms and make appropriate decisions,” the advisor said according to state media.
