MUSCAT, Oman (AP) — Iran and the United States began in-depth negotiations in Oman over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program on Saturday, talks that likely will hinge on the Islamic Republic’s enrichment of uranium.
Iranian state television reported the talks had begun in Muscat, the mountain-wrapped capital of this sultanate on the eastern edge of the Arabian Peninsula. However, neither Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi nor U.S. Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff offered any immediate specifics or details on the talks that they’ll lead.
Araghchi arrived Friday in Oman and met with Omani Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi, who has mediated the two previous round of talks in Muscat and Rome.
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