DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran and the US will maintain a sixth spherical of negotiations over Tehran’s quickly advancing nuclear program this Sunday in Oman, the sultanate’s international minister mentioned Thursday, as regional tensions have spiked in latest days.
The announcement by Oman’s Overseas Minister Badr al-Busaidi comes because the U.S. is drawing down the presence of staffers who usually are not deemed important to operations within the Center East and their family members because of the potential for regional unrest.
In the meantime, there have been warnings that ships may very well be focused in regional waters over the tensions.
Al-Busaidi made the announcement on the social platform X.
“I’m happy to verify the sixth spherical of Iran US talks shall be held in Muscat this Sunday the fifteenth,” he wrote.
Iran for days had been saying there can be talks, however Oman, which is serving because the mediator, had not confirmed them till now.
There was no instant remark from the U.S.
Reaching a deal is likely one of the a number of diplomatic priorities being juggled by U.S. President Donald Trump and his trusted pal and Center East envoy Steve Witkoff. An accord may see the U.S. elevate a few of its crushing financial sanctions on Iran in change for it drastically limiting or ending its enrichment of uranium.
However a failure to get a deal may see tensions additional spike in a Center East on edge over the Israel-Hamas battle within the Gaza Strip.
Iran’s financial system, lengthy ailing, may enter a free fall that might worsen the simmering unrest at residence. Israel or the U.S. may perform long-threatened airstrikes concentrating on Iranian nuclear amenities. And Tehran could determine to totally finish its cooperation with the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog and rush towards a bomb.
Iran and the U.S. have held earlier talks in Muscat and Rome.
