US and Iran delegations continue today in Rome talks on Tehran’s nuclear power program, a week after the first round, which was described as “constructive” on both sides.

The Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragzi and the American special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Whitkovhe is the head of the delegations that will continue the talks by Oman, as in the first round, held in Muskat.

THE Arakchi He already arrived in Rome, according to a post on his Telegram account. On Friday, he said that Iran believes that reaching an agreement on the nuclear is possible, since Washington is realistic.

Tehran tried to limit expectations for a quick deal. Religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said he was “neither overly optimistic nor pessimistic”.

For his part, Trump told reporters on Friday: “I want to stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons. They cannot have nuclear weapons. I want Iran to be great and prosper. “

This is the second meeting of this level following the US withdrawal in 2018, during Donald Trump’s first term in the presidency, from the 2015 international agreement that imposed restrictions on the Iranian nuclear power program in exchange for the removal of part of the sanctions against him.

After returning to the White House on January 20, Donald Trump began implementing the policy of “maximum pressure” in Iran, with which the US has not diplomatic relations since 1980.

In March he demanded from Iran, a sworn enemy of the US, to negotiate a new agreement, while threatening to order to be bombarded in the event of diplomacy failure.

Western governments and Israel – also Iran’s sworn enemy – have for years been overwhelming that the Islamic Republic is intended to acquire nuclear weapons. Tehran denies the category and defends the country’s sovereign right to have a nuclear program for political purposes, in particular for energy production.

As part of an interview with the French newspaper Le Monde and published on Wednesday, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Organization (IAEA) Rafael Grossi stressed that Iran is not “far” from acquiring a nuclear arsenal.

In retaliation for the US withdrawal from the 2015 agreement and the reinstatement of US sanctions, Iran has gradually began to take its distances and to define its obligations under the text.

It thus multiplied the number and performance of its centrifugal devices, in other words of machinery used to enrich uranium to produce more, higher and faster, in its facilities in Natanz and Fordo (centrally). It now enriches uranium to 60%, well above 3.67% under the agreement, but still well below the 90% level required for the construction of nuclear weapons, according to the IAEA.

In intensifying pressure, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has claimed Europeans to quickly make a “important decision” to “restore” international sanctions into force, as it “clearly does not comply with the current agreement”.

Mr Grossi, who had meetings with Iranian officials this week in Tehran, estimated that time is now exhausted to find an agreement. “We are at a critical stage of these important negotiations,” he ruled, warning at the same time against any attack on Iranian nuclear facilities.

Iran insists that talks must be limited to its nuclear program and sanctions and considers a “red line” to stop all its nuclear energy activities.

Mr Arakchi warned the US yesterday against “irrational and unrealistic demands”, after Mr Whitkov demanded that his country’s nuclear program be completely terminated earlier this week.

The guards of the revolution, a select body of the Iranian Armed Forces with a strong ideological influence, exclude from their part any debate on the country’s military potential and defense, including the Iranian ballistic missile development program, which is worried.

Iran’s influence in the area is also one of the “red lines” of the Islamic Republic, according to the official Iranian IRNA news agency.

Tehran supports in the area that characterizes the “axis of resistance”, organizationally relaxed alliance of armed organizations that hate Israel and includes the Palestinian Movement of Hamas, the Lebanese Hezbolla Movement, the Houthi of Yemen and the Sitia.

Following the start of Iranian -American talks, Israel reiterated its determination from preventing Iran from gaining nuclear weapons and said it had a “action plan” for it.