WASHINGTON The US and Iran "made very good progress” in direct and indirect discussions, a US official said Saturday. "We agreed to meet again next week and are grateful to our Omani partners for facilitating these talks and to our Italian partners for hosting us today," the official said in a statement. The official said the second round of talks in Rome lasted more than four hours. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi described the talks as “constructive and good.” Before the next round,