Envoys from Iran and the U.S. traveled to Oman Saturday to begin “indirect” talks regarding Tehran’s developing nuclear program.
“Indirect talks between Iran and the United States with the mediation of the Omani foreign minister have started,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei confirmed Saturday morning in a post on social platform X.
Baghaei said the talks between Middle East envoy Steve Wiktoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi will be mediated by Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr Al-Busaidy. The two delegations are seated in separate rooms, and they will relay their messages through Al-Busaidy, according to the spokesperson.
The talks between the two countries come as President Trump has repeatedly pushed to reach a new nuclear deal with Iran. Trump in 2018 notably pulled out of a previous agreement that was brokered by former President Obama.
The White House, however, has emphasized that a fresh deal must include Tehran disposing of its nuclear arsenal.
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