US President Donald Trump has confirmed that the United States has handed Iran a proposal for a new nuclear deal. Last week saw the fourth round of talks between Iran and the US over Iran's nuclear programme. US President Donald Trump has confirmed that the United States has handed Iran a proposal for a new nuclear deal.

Earlier, Axios portal quoted a US official as saying that US President Donald Trump's administration had handed Iran a nuclear deal proposal during the fourth round of talks.

‘They have this proposal,’ the American president said in response to a related question from a journalist during a briefing aboard his aircraft.

Last week, the fourth round of talks between Iran and the United States on the Iranian nuclear programme and the lifting of sanctions on Tehran took place. This round came a month after the beginning of the parties' dialogue and took place after a two-week break.

The first and third rounds of indirect talks between Tehran and Washington were held in Oman on 12 and 26 April respectively, while the second round was held in Rome on 19 April.

The nuclear deal struck a decade ago between Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia, Russia, the US, France and Iran was supposed to lift sanctions in exchange for curbing Iran's nuclear programme. The US, in President Trump's previous term, withdrew from the JCPOA in May 2018 and reinstated sanctions against Tehran. In response, Iran announced a phased reduction of its commitments under the agreement, abandoning restrictions on nuclear research and uranium enrichment levels, among other things.

Earlier, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that one of the most serious difficulties hindering indirect talks between Tehran and Washington was the contradictory positions of the latter. He also emphasized that uranium enrichment is his country's achievement and pride, which has come at a high price for Tehran. Iran had to pay for its successes in this area with the blood of its nuclear scientists.

On 14 May, the American leader arrived in Qatar on a four-day tour of the Middle East. It was reported that the key focus of the talks with the heads of state would be on economic agreements rather than regional security issues.

‘I want them to do well. [Iran] is a great country, but it cannot have nuclear weapons. It's simple. No 30-page documents, just one sentence - they cannot have nuclear weapons,’ the politician said at a meeting with US and Qatari business representatives in Doha.