Iran-US talks turn to interim deal amid rifts over nuclear work, Iranian sources say - Reuters

"The atmosphere in this round of negotiations was more constructive. Good progress had been made in comparison with the first meeting."

— Abbas Araghchi , Politician

"The US could not destroy the Islamic Republic and appearing to threaten the vessels."

— Ali Khamenei , Politician

"You will not be able to do this either."

— Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , Politician

"I can say, compared to the last round, we’ve had very serious discussions, and there was a constructive atmosphere where we exchanged our point of view."

— Abbas Araghchi , Politician

"They say let us negotiate over your nuclear energy, and the result of the negotiation should be that you must not have this energy."

— Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , Politician

"There would be no victory for anybody — it would be a devastating war."

— Abbas Araghchi , Politician

"The very fact that the U.S. team is returning shows that there is enough common ground between the two sides."

— Ali Vaez , Academic

"My preference is to solve this problem through diplomacy. But one thing is certain. I will never allow the world's number one sponsor of terror, which they are by far, to have a nuclear weapon."

— Donald Trump , Politician

"We made a very good progress. We were able to define the main elements of a possible deal, and we discussed about those elements."

— Abbas Araghchi , Politician

"We are ready to remove concerns, but we are not ready to give up our rights for peaceful use of nuclear technology."

— Abbas Araghchi , Politician