GENEVA — The United States and Iran could reach a framework for a deal if Washington separates “nuclear and non-nuclear issues,” a senior Iranian official told Reuters, adding that remaining gaps need to be narrowed during a third round of talks in Geneva. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi and U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held a three-hour session of indirect talks mediated by Oman on Thursday morning and adjourned for a break before heading back to resume the negotiations later in the day. The talks on the decades-long dispute over Iran’s nuclear work come as fears grow of a Middle East conflagration with U.S. President Donald Trump threatening action if there is no deal and the U.S. military building up its capabilities in the region. ‘Intense and serious’ talks Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi said the two sides had been exchanging what he called “creative and positive ideas” and he hoped for progress, while the senior Iranian official described the talks as “intense and serious.” “There were new ideas that need to be consulted with Tehran. Still some
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