Tehran: Iran’s Foreign Minister is traveling to Russia this week to talk about the country’s nuclear program, just days before a new round of indirect negotiations with the United States.

On Saturday, Abbas Araghchi held conversations with the US Middle East-emergency Steve Witkoff in Oman-De Highest Level Negotiations Since Nuclear Agreements in 2015 collapsed.

US President Donald Trump, who withdrew from the deal, has brought Iran back into the limelight since returning to Embed in January.

In March, he sent a letter to Iran’s top leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, demanding nuclear conversations and warning of possible military action if Tehran refused.

Western countries, including the United States, have long suspected Iran of pursuing nuclear weapons – a claim Tehran has consistently denied that its program is for peaceful purposes.

Russia, a close ally of Iran and the party in the 2015 agreement, and China has been engaged to Tehran in recent weeks over his nuclear program.

“Dr. Araghchi travels to Moscow at the end of the week,” spokesman for the Foreign Ministry Esmaeil Baqaei said, adding that the pre-planned tour would be “an opportunity to discuss the latest developments in Muscat conversations”.

Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Araghchi would meet his Russian colleague Sergei Lavrov and other officials.

Iran and the United States have both described Saturday’s discussions as “constructive”.

Moscow welcomed Iran-US conversations as it pressed on a diplomatic solution and warned that military confrontation would be a “global disaster.”

Another round of Iran -US negotiations will be held in Oman on Saturday, the Foreign Ministry spokesman told the official Irna news agency. Rome had previously been quoted as a possible place.

‘Red lines’

Baqaei said the next set of lectures would continue to be indirect with Omani mediation, adding that direct conversations were “not effective” and “not useful”. Oman’s Foreign Minister switched between the two delegations at the last negotiations.

Baqaei had previously said that the only focus in the next lecture would be “the nuclear question and the abolition of sanctions” and that Iran “will not have any conversations with the American page on any other question”.

Late Sunday, Irna reported that Tehran’s regional influence and its missile capabilities were among its “red lines” in the negotiations.

Washington reintroduced biting sanctions against Tehran after its withdrawal from the 2015 agreement three years later.

Iran continued to comply with the deal for a year after Trump’s withdrawal, but later began rolling back his observance.

Iran has consistently denied that it is looking for nuclear weapons.

Trump turned to journalists on Monday about Iran and said “I solve that problem” and “It’s almost easy.”

However, it is still unclear whether his comments specifically refer to nuclear negotiations or broader issues involving the Islamic Republic.

Baqaei reiterated that Iran would host the United Nations Nuclear Guard Dog Rafael Grossi in the coming days, but noted that the details of his journey were still “to be decided”.

In a post on X, Grossi confirmed he would be on his way to Tehran “later this week”.

“Continued commitment and collaboration with the Agency is important at a time when diplomatic solutions are urgently necessary,” he said.

Irna later reported that Grossi would arrive on Wednesday and meet Araghchi and Mohammad Eslami, the head of Iran’s Nuclear Energy Agency.

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency last visited Iran in November when he held conversations with the top officials, including President Masoud Pezeshkian.

In its latest quarterly report in February, IAEA said Iran had estimated 274.8 kg (605 pounds) of uranium, enriched to up to 60 percent, which far exceeds the 3.67 percent limit under the 2015 agreement and is much closer to the 90 percent threshold required for weapon-grit material.