MUSCAT: The meeting between the United States and Iran has begun in Muscat on Saturday, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei has announced.
The talks, the first in years, are being held indirectly in Muscat.
Baqaei said in a post on X on Saturday that the Iranian and U.S. negotiators had been stationed in separate rooms and were exchanging messages via Omani Foreign Minister Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi.
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The Iranian delegation, led by Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, arrived in Muscat earlier in the day.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, is the top U.S. negotiator.
