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White House confirms Witkoff and Kushner will represent US at Iran talks in Oman
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US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will travel to Oman tomorrow for talks with Iran, the White House confirms
“We will see what comes of those. The president is standing by for an update from them,” press secretary Karoline Leavitt says during a press conference.
“Zero nuclear capability is something [US President Donald Trump] been very explicit about, and he wants to see if a deal can be struck,” Leavitt says.
“While these negotiations are taking place, I would remind the Iranian regime that the president has many options at his disposal — aside from diplomacy — as the commander in chief of the most powerful military in the history of the world,” she says.
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