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Mediator Oman ‘dismayed’ by conflict, urges US to pull back
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In this handout photo released by the Iran's Foreign Ministry on February 26, 2026, Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (L) speaks with Oman's Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi during their meeting in Geneva. (Iran's Foreign Ministry / AFP)
Oman’s foreign minister, who had been mediating US-Iran talks, laments a wave of US and Israeli attacks on the Islamic Republic.
“I am dismayed. Active and serious negotiations have yet again been undermined,” Badr Albusaidi says in a statement on X.
“I urge the United States not to get sucked in further. This is not your war,” he adds.
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