Peace ‘within reach’ as Iran agrees no nuclear material stockpile: Oman FM

Oman’s Foreign Minister says most recent indirect talks between US, Iran ‘really advanced, substantially’ and diplomacy must be allowed do its work.Published On 28 Feb 2026Iran agreed during indirect talks with the United States never to stockpile enriched uranium, said Oman’s top diplomat, who described the development as a major breakthrough.Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi also said on Friday that he believed all issues in a deal between Iran and the US could be resolved “amicably and comprehensively” within a few months.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Oman’s foreign minister meets with US’s Vance as Iran tensions riselist 2 of 4IAEA urges Iran to allow inspections, points at Isfahanlist 3 of 4Trump suggests a ‘friendly takeover’ of Cuba amid US fuel blockadelist 4 of 4Trump, Iran and geopolitical mind gamesend of list“A peace deal is within our reach … if we just allow diplomacy the space it needs to get there,” Al Busaidi said in an interview with CBS News in Washington, DC, after Oman brokered the third round of indirect talks between the US and Iran in Geneva on Thursday.“If the ultimate objective is to ensure forever that Iran cannot have a nuclear bomb, I think we have cracked that problem through these negotiations by agreeing [on] a very important breakthrough that has never been achieved any time before,” Al Busaidi said.“The single most important achievement, I believe, is the agreement that Iran will never ever have nuclear material that will create a bomb,” he said.“Now we are talking about zero stockpiling, and that is very, very important because if you cannot stockpile material that is enriched, then there is no way that you can actually create a bomb,” he added.There would also be “full and comprehensive verification by the IAEA [International Atomic Energy Agency]”, he said, referring to the UN’s nuclear watchdog.Oman’s top diplomat also said Iran would degrade its current stockpiles of nuclear material to “the lowest level possible” so that it is “converted into fuel, and that fuel will be irreversible”.