WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday the United States will hold direct talks with Iran on Saturday to discuss Iran’s nuclear program.

The talks between U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and a senior Iranian leader are scheduled for Saturday in Oman.

“We hope that’ll lead to peace. We’ve been very clear what Iran is never going to have as a nuclear weapon, and I think that’s what led to this meeting,” Rubio said during a Cabinet meeting chaired by President Donald Trump.

(Reporting by Jeff Mason and Steve Holland; Editing by Chris Reese)