ROME (AP) — Iran and the United States prepared for a fifth round of negotiations over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program Friday in Rome, with enrichment emerging as the key issue.

By bnm Tehran bureau Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Iran's positions are completely clear and the country stands firm on them following the conclusion of the fifth round of indirect US-Iran nuclear talks that ended on May 23 after three hours with some but not 'conclusive progress.

Iranian and U.S. negotiators wrapped up a fifth round of talks on Friday (May 23), with mediator Oman saying there was some limited progress in negotiations aimed at resolving a decades-long dispute over Tehran's nuclear ambitions.

Dubai: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that uranium enrichment remains the central obstacle in nuclear negotiations between Iran and the United States, describing the process as a “scientific and national achievement” that Tehran will not abandon.

By bnm Tehran bureau Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has arrived in Rome to participate in the fifth round of negotiations with the US special envoy, mediated by Oman, Iranian state news agency IRNA reported on May 23.

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Senior Iranian cleric Ahmad Khatami criticized President Trump amid rising tensions as nuclear talks continue in Rome.

“We are witnessing completely unreasonable and illogical positions from the Americans,” said Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s foreign minister, on Tuesday. “Enrichment is absolutely nonnegotiable.

Speaking to the media following the conclusion of the fifth round of talks in the Italian capital, Araghchi said Iran presented its "positions and principles" during this round, calling it "one of the most professional so far."