Nigeria, April 27 -- Iran's Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, says the US's excessive demands led to the failure of peace negotiations.

The Iranian top diplomat made this comment while speaking to reporters in Moscow on Tuesday.

He said, "There were some signs of progress in the negotiations. The American approach meant that the previous round of negotiations failed to achieve its goals, despite the progress made.

"This happened because of their excessive demands and wrong approaches," he noted.

PREMIUM TIMES reports that Mr Araghchi visited Russia to meet with President Vladimir Putin.

Moscow's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, described the meeting as highly important for the development in the Middle East.

During the meeting, the Russian...