It is a positive sign that the United States and Iran are planning a third meeting over Tehran’s nuclear program, retired U.S. Air Force Brigadier General Blaine Holt said on Newsmax Sunday

“If there wasn’t progress, they know full well that an Iranian strategy could be just to kick the can down the road until they can get an operational bomb,” Holt told Newsmax’s “Sunday Report.” “They’re very mindful of the clock, and they would not have tolerated or even said they’re open to another meeting had there not been substantive progress made. 

On Sunday, a U.S. official confirmed that at one point during negotiations in Rome, President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi spoke face-to-face. 

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