File photo- Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi.AFP
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi made the comment to Iranian state media while still in Muscat, Oman.
The sultanate has been an interlocutor between Iran and the U.S., particularly in the talks that birthed Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.
“For the time being, the Muscat process is stopped because of special situation in the region,” Araghchi said, according to the state-run IRNA news agency.
“We do not see any ground for the talks until we can pass the current crisis.”
The U.S. State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Iran under new President Masoud Pezeshkian has been signaling it wants to negotiate with the U.S. for sanctions relief. Since then-President Donald Trump pulled America out of the nuclear accord, Tehran has begun enriching uranium to nearly weapons-grade levels and increasing the size of its stockpile. However, U.S. intelligence agencies and officials insist Iran has not begun an effort to build a nuclear weapon.
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