US, Iran Give Conflicting Updates On Nuclear Talks

There are conflicting reports on the nuclear talks between the United States and Iran.

This is cited on whether or not a new deal has been agreed regarding Iran's nuclear capabilities with the United States claiming an agreement will be signed within days.

The Washington Times reports the White House spokeswoman, Jen Psaki said at a press briefing: "Our view is that we are close."

The spokeswoman indicated the possibility of reaching an agreement on the nuclear deal with Tehran in the coming days.

She added: "We have been close for some time now. We also know from having been through these negotiations before that the end of the negotiations is always when the challenging parts of the conversation typically take place."

However, her statement contradicted Tehran's position, as the Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani, announced earlier yesterday that negotiations to revive the nuclear agreement with major powers "are getting knottier by the hour."

The Middle East Monitor reports that Diplomats from Iran, the U.S., and five other countries have been negotiating for months in a deal to reimpose restrictions on Tehran's nuclear programme in exchange for lifting the economic sanctions that former U.S. President Donald Trump placed after Washington withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal.