Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi announced that nuclear talks with the United States are scheduled
By Bernie,
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi announced that nuclear talks with the United States are scheduled for Friday at 10 am in Muscat. "I'm grateful to our Omani brothers for making all necessary arrangements," Araghchi said.
The announcement comes after plans for the talks appeared to collapse earlier Wednesday. Axios reported that at least nine countries from the region passed urgent messages to senior levels of the Trump administration asking the U.S. not to cancel the meeting.
"They asked us to keep the meeting and listen to what the Iranians have to say. We have told the Arabs that we will do the meeting if they insist. But we are very skeptical," a U.S. official told Axios.
A second U.S. official said the Trump administration agreed to the meeting "to be respectful" of U.S. allies in the region and "in order to continue pursuing the diplomatic track."
Topics: Iran, Diplomacy
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