The United States and Iran are set to begin some form of discussions in Oman this weekend, but the governments have vastly different ideas how the meeting will take place.
Iran insists that these talks will be “indirect” — carried out through third-party mediators passing messages between the U.S. and themselves. However, the U.S., including President Donald Trump himself, maintains that the talks will be “direct.”
“There’ll be direct level talks between Ambassador [Steve] Witkoff and a top-level leader in Iran,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said at a Thursday press conference. “We hope that will lead to peace. We’ve been very clear what Iran is never going to have is a nuclear weapon.”
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Author: Marty Kaufmann
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