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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 588

Oman

Left: US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff in Paris, France, April 17, 2025. (Ludovic Marin, Pool Photo via AP); Right: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Moscow, Russia, April 18, 2025. (Tatyana Makeyeva/Pool Photo via AP)
May 11, 2025, 10:20 am
Iran, US begin 4th round of talks in Oman, with focus on uranium enrichment
Iranian FM Araghchi and US special envoy Witkoff to speak directly and via Omani mediators, as Israel looks on with concern
By Agencies
US President Donald Trump waiting to greet Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the West Wing of the White House, in Washington, May 6, 2025. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)
May 7, 2025, 12:18 pm
Reports: Iran pressed Houthis into truce with US to build ‘momentum’ in nuclear talks
Two Iranian officials say Tehran persuaded Yemen rebel group to stop attacking US shipping; Washington sources say Oman-mediated move aimed at furthering nuclear negotiations
By ToI Staff and Agencies
US President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney (not in picture) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 6, 2025. (Jim Watson / AFP)
May 7, 2025, 2:21 am
Trump announces US truce with Houthis, who say their strikes on Israel will continue
President says rebel group agreed to cease attacks on US vessels, in what Omani mediator says will ensure Red Sea freedom of navigation; Israel caught off guard by announcement
By ToI Staff, Agencies and Jacob Magid
The flags of the US and Iran hang on the road leading to the Muscat International Book fair on April 25, 2025. (Haitham al-Shukairi/AFP)
May 6, 2025, 4:38 pm
Next round of Iran-US nuclear talks likely to be held in Oman this weekend
Originally scheduled for May 3 and pushed back for ‘logistical reasons,’ fourth round of negotiations expected to take place over two days, although timing is not final
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Women walk near a building bearing an anti-US mural with the slogan "Down with the USA" and skulls replacing the stars on the US flag, on Tehran's Karim Khan Zand avenue on April 26, 2025. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
May 1, 2025, 10:29 pm
US-Iran nuclear talks postponed, Iran says next round ‘depends on US approach’
Iranian official says new US oil sanctions ‘not helping’ nuclear talks; Washington says it never confirmed participation in 4th round of talks in Rome, but expects them to happen soon
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, center, visits the Muscat International Book Fair in Oman, April 25, 2025. (Fatima Shbair/AP)
April 30, 2025, 12:49 pm
Iran says next round of nuclear talks with US to be held in Rome
Negotiations scheduled for Saturday; officials from Britain, France, and Germany to meet with Iranians the day before, also in Italian capital
By Agencies and ToI Staff
US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff (left) in Paris, France, April 17, 2025. (Ludovic Marin, Pool Photo via AP); Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Moscow, Russia, April 18, 2025. (Tatyana Makeyeva/Pool Photo via AP)
April 25, 2025, 5:45 pm
Negotiations between Iran, US over Tehran’s nuclear program set to return to Oman
Experts to start work on technical details of any possible deal; US team led by Rubio aide Michael Anton, who does not have nuclear policy experience of those who led 2015 talks
By Agencies and ToI Staff
This picture shows newspaper front page headlines at a kiosk in Tehran on April 19, 2025, featuring the Iran-US talks on the Iranian nuclear program set to begin in Rome. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
April 22, 2025, 11:19 pm
Iran says technical nuclear meeting with US delayed until Saturday
Expert-level sit down, originally scheduled for Wednesday, will now coincide with third round of indirect talks between Washington and Tehran in Oman this weekend
By AFP
Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani (L) meets with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi at the Italian Foreign Ministry in Rome before nuclear talks, on April 19, 2025. (Handout / ITALIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY / AFP)
April 19, 2025, 7:03 pm
After Rome talks, Tehran says Iran and US ‘to start designing framework’ for nuclear deal
Third round of negotiations to be held in Oman next week; Iranian FM says he and Trump’s envoy Witkoff ‘managed to reach a better understanding on a series of principles and goal’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
This combination of pictures shows US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff after a meeting with Russian officials at Diriyah Palace, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on February 18, 2025 (L); and Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaking to AFP during an interview at the Iranian consulate in Jeddah on March 7, 2025. (Photo by EVELYN HOCKSTEIN and Amer HILABI / various sources / AFP)
April 15, 2025, 11:23 am
Witkoff indicates US seeks to cap Iran uranium enrichment, not dismantle nuclear program
Trump’s envoy focuses on importance of enrichment levels during media interview on negotiations; confusion over where second round of talks to be held, Oman or Rome
By Jacob Magid and Agencies
US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One, during the flight from Palm Beach to Joint Base Andrews, as he returns to the White House in Washington, DC, April 13, 2025. (Mandel NGAN / AFP)
April 14, 2025, 1:48 pm
Trump says he expects to make a decision on Iran’s nuclear program ‘very quickly’
Next round of talks set for April 19 in Rome, after first round summed up as ‘substantive, excellent’; UN nuclear watchdog chief to visit Iran this week; Witkoff briefs Dermer
By ToI Staff and Agencies
A general view of the city, in Muscat, Oman, on Sept. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)
April 11, 2025, 6:14 pm
Mediator Oman at center of key first Iran-US meeting over Tehran’s nuclear program
Muscat prefers to operate in the shadows, with a long history of quiet diplomacy, but has been thrust into the limelight by hosting Saturday’s high-stakes talks
By Jon Gambrell
A handout picture provided by the Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's office on March 21, 2025, shows him addressing the crowd during his annual Nowruz speech, in Tehran, Iran. (KHAMENEI.IR / AFP)
April 11, 2025, 5:46 pm
Top Iranian officials told Khamenei to allow US nuke talks or risk fall of regime – NYT
In rare coordinated effort, officials said to have warned Iran’s supreme leader that military threats from US and Israel are real, and country faces massive unrest if it goes to war
By ToI Staff and Agencies
The crew of the Israeli Galaxy ship, which was seized by the Houthi group, sit under a poster of the Houthi leader Abdul-Malik Badruldeen al-Houthi, on their ship in the port of Saleef, near Hodeidah, Yemen, May 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)
January 22, 2025, 5:24 pm
Houthis release crew of Israel-linked ship over a year after seizure off Yemen coast
Iran-backed Yemeni rebels say they freed sailors from Philippines, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Romania, Mexico after Oman’s mediation, ‘in support of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
This handout picture provided by the Iranian foreign ministry shows Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (R) meeting with spokesman and chief negotiator of Yemen's Hםuthis Mohammad Abdelsalam in Oman's capital Muscat on October 14, 2024.(Photo by Iranian Foreign Ministry / AFP)
October 14, 2024, 2:45 pm
Iranian FM meets senior Houthi leader ahead of expected strike by Israel
Meeting in Oman is latest in series of diplomatic trips by Araghchi ahead of Israel’s anticipated response to Tehran’s October 1 ballistic missile attack
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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