"The fifth round of talks between Saudi Arabia and Tehran were held in Iraq and the talks were progressive and positive," Khatibzadeh told a televised weekly news conference.
Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan has said that talks with Iran had been "cordial."
Rob Malley, the US Special Envoy for Iran, said on Wednesday that the United States is ready to consider all options if Iran were not willing to return to the constraints of the 2015 nuclear deal.
Iran is mastermind behind the Taliban takeover. The plain fact is Iran has spent a decade preparing for the Taliban’s eventual takeover and the once-mortal enemies have collaborated closely.
These were the 84-year-old ruler's first public remarks since he addressed the United Nations General Assembly in September via videolink, where he also took aim at Iran.
Conflicting reports and current tensions in the Gulf obscure knowledge of the incident.
Saudi Arabia has resisted standards on reprocessing spent fuel and enriching uranium, two potential paths to making nuclear weapons.
The tide may be turning against Iran in the Middle East.
Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman is “deeply offended” by the German government and froze new business with the Federal Republic, wrote Der Spiegel.
The kingdom's nuclear rhetoric is about US policy and the Iranian threat.