Iran Foreign Minister Araghchi to visit Oman for talks with counterpart

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will travel to Muscat on Tuesday for talks with his Omani counterpart, Iranian state news agency IRNA reported, citing foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei. The visit follows Qatari-mediated indirect talks between Tehran and Washington that ended with no significant movement toward a deal.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will travel to Muscat on Tuesday for talks with his Omani counterpart, according to Iranian state news agency IRNA, citing foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei. The visit comes after Araghchi earlier this month described Qatari-mediated indirect talks between Tehran and Washington as "very intense," though the days-long talks ended with no significant movement toward a deal. In comments to IRNA, Araghchi claimed that the future of diplomatic efforts depends on the US's "political rationality," warning that any renewed military operations against Iran will be met with a heavy response. Separately, last week Iran attacked ship navigation systems on the Omani island of Didamar in the Strait of Hormuz, three sources with knowledge of the matter confirmed, showing Tehran's ability to target infrastructure used to restore Gulf oil flows. The sources did not provide a damage assessment, and Reuters could not independently determine if any navigation systems were destroyed.