A meeting of the cabinet was held on Wednesday morning, chaired by President Masoud Pezeshkian.
During the session, Araqchi delivered a detailed report on the course of the recent negotiations with the US hosted by the Omani embassy in Switzerland.
He elaborated on various dimensions of the talks, the frameworks under discussion, and the prospects ahead.
The second round of indirect nuclear negotiations between Iran and the United States was held in Geneva on Tuesday, mediated by Oman.
In comments after the conclusion of the talks at the Omani embassy in Geneva, Araqchi said the negotiations were conducted in a serious atmosphere and were more constructive compared to the earlier round.
According to the foreign minister, various ideas were proposed and reviewed during the talks in an effort to move toward drafting a text. He said the two sides reached a general agreement on guiding principles and would from now on discuss those principles in order to enter the stage of writing the text.