New Delhi, April 23 -- The first round of talks between the United States and Iran on the latter's nuclear programme, held in Oman on April 12, 2025, has from all accounts ended on a positive note.

The US delegation to Oman mediated discussions that lasted 2.5 hours on Saturday was led by Trump envoy Steve Whitkoff while the Iranian side was led by Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. It is tough to miss the fact that the talks held in Oman, were the first since 2018 when President Donald Trump pulled the US out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA, known more familiarly as the 2015 Iran nuclear deal) and were crucial to explore the possibility of getting a new deal.

Not only have both countries described the concluded meeting a...