Washington, February 28 – US-Iran nuclear talks have made "substantial progress" towards a deal that "is within our reach," Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi, a major mediator, told CBS News, hours after US President Donald Trump said he was "not happy" with the way the talks were proceeding.
Albusaidi said that Iran had agreed that it would "never, ever have… nuclear material that would create a bomb," calling it a "major achievement," according to Xinhua news agency.
According to Albusaidi, Iran's existing stockpiles of enriched uranium would be "blended to the lowest possible level" and "converted into fuel, and that fuel will be irreversible."
Meanwhile, Trump said on Friday that he was "not happy" with the way the US-Iran nuclear talks were going, but had not made a final decision on potential military operations against Iran.
"I'm not happy with the fact that they're not willing to give us what we have to have. I'm not thrilled with that. We'll see what happens. We're talking later," Trump told reporters as he left the White House ahead of his trip to Texas.
"We haven't made a final decision" on whether to attack Iran, he said, reiterating that Iran "cannot have nuclear weapons."
"I'd love not to use" US forces, "but sometimes you have to," Trump said.
Tensions between the United States and Iran are escalating amid a massive US military buildup in the Middle East and the stalled nuclear talks.
Earlier on Friday, the US State Department authorized the departure of non-emergency US government personnel and their families from Israel due to safety concerns.
