The US-Iran talks in Geneva ended without results, with the parties unable to reach an agreement on Tehran's nuclear program.

The US-Iran talks in Geneva ended without results, with the parties unable to reach an agreement on Tehran's nuclear program.

The US-Iran talks in Geneva ended without a deal, and the two sides remain at odds on key issues, The Wall Street Journal reports.

According to the publication, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner told the Iranian side that Tehran must destroy its three main nuclear facilities – in Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan – and also transfer all remaining enriched uranium to the United States.

Furthermore, US officials insisted that any new nuclear agreement should be indefinite, unlike the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) negotiated under the Obama administration (Donald Trump withdrew from that agreement during his first term).

Iran, according to Iranian media, has rejected the idea of transferring its uranium reserves abroad. Tehran also opposes a complete halt to enrichment, the dismantling of nuclear facilities, and the imposition of permanent restrictions on its program.

At the same time, Iran insists on its right to enrich uranium, while offering options to soften the US position, the WSJ writes. These include reducing enrichment levels from the current 60% to 1.5%, temporarily suspending enrichment for several years, or reprocessing uranium through an Arab-Iranian consortium based in Iran.