Foreign Minister Amirabdollahian told UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that “we are close to an agreement in the [Vienna] negotiations and we have conveyed our proposals on the remaining issues through the European Union’s top negotiator to the U.S. side, and the ball is now in the U.S.’s court”. Relatedly, during a conversation with his Omani counterpart, Amirabdollahian argued that “Iran is ready for a good and lasting deal but the U.S. side is directly responsible for the prolongation of the talks up until now because it is making excessive demands”.