The United States and Iran are getting ready to restart discussions about a new nuclear agreement. Their top negotiators will meet again on Saturday in Oman to try and reduce the gaps between them.

Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi, will be involved in the talks. He is expected to negotiate indirectly with US President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff. Omani officials will help pass messages between the two sides. This meeting follows another round of talks in Rome last week, which both Iran and the US said went well.

At first, experts from both countries will meet to create a basic plan for a possible deal. Later, the lead negotiators will join indirectly.

In an interview with Time magazine, President Trump said he feels hopeful that a deal with Iran can be made. However, he warned that if talks fail, military action is still an option.

Even though both Iran and the US say they want to solve the issue through diplomacy, they still have big differences. These disagreements have lasted for more than twenty years.

Trump had pulled the US out of the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran and five other world powers back in 2018. After that, the US put heavy sanctions back on Iran.

Since 2019, Iran has broken the limits set by the old agreement. The UN’s nuclear watchdog says Iran has been enriching uranium to 60% purity—very close to the 90% needed for making nuclear weapons.

This week, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that any new deal must require Iran to stop enriching uranium altogether. Instead, Iran would have to import any uranium it needs for its only working nuclear power plant, Bushehr.

Both sides still have a lot of work to do, but the upcoming talks in Oman offer a new chance to reach an agreement.