Iranian official says nuclear talks will continue after US, Tehran negotiations had 'a good start' in Oman

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that indirect atomic talks with the U.S. successful Oman were "a bully start" and that determination was a "consensus" that the negotiations would continue.

"After a agelong play without dialogue, our viewpoints were conveyed, and our concerns were expressed. Our interests, the rights of the Iranian people, and each matters that needed to beryllium stated were presented successful a precise affirmative atmosphere, and the different side’s views were besides heard," Araghchi said.

"It was a bully start, but its continuation depends connected consultations successful our respective capitals and deciding connected however to proceed," helium added.

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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets with Omani Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi successful Muscat, Oman, Feb. 6, 2026.  (Iranian Foreign Ministry/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/ Handout via Reuters)

Oman's overseas curate Badr al-Busaidi met with some Iranian and American officials connected Friday, the Foreign Ministry of Oman said connected X. The ministry said that al-Busaidi held abstracted meetings with Araghchi and U.S. peculiar envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.

"The consultations focused connected preparing the due conditions for resuming diplomatic and method negotiations, portion emphasizing their importance, successful airy of the parties' determination to guarantee their occurrence successful achieving sustainable information and stability," the Foreign Ministry of Oman said.

Oman reportedly enactment retired a nationalist connection acknowledging the talks aft journalists with The Associated Press saw Iranian and American officials separately sojourn the palace, the outlet reported. The AP said it was not instantly wide if talks were done for the day, but noted that the palace was bare aft the convoys left.

The Iranian representatives reportedly met with al-Busaidi first, and lone aft their convoy near the palace did different acceptable of vehicles arrive, 1 of which had an American flag, according to the AP. The outlet said the SUV flying the American emblem stayed astatine the palace for an hr and a half.

Omani overseas curate Sayyid Badr Hamad Al Busaidi, U.S. peculiar envoy Steve Witkoff and U.S. negotiator Jared Kushner conscionable up of the U.S.-Iran talks, successful Muscat, the superior of Oman, connected Feb. 6, 2026.  (Oman Foreign Ministry/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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The talks were initially acceptable to instrumentality spot successful Turkey, but were aboriginal moved, according to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who confirmed the alteration successful venue connected Wednesday.

"We thought we had an established forum that had been agreed to successful Turkey. It was enactment unneurotic by a fig of partners who wanted to be and beryllium a portion of it," Rubio said erstwhile taking questions from reporters connected Wednesday.

"I saw conflicting reports yesterday from the Iranian broadside saying that they had not agreed to that. So, that's inactive being worked through. At the extremity of the day, the United States is prepared to prosecute in, has ever been prepared to prosecute with Iran."

Iranian officials besides reportedly tried to bounds the talks to a bilateral U.S.-Iran format, excluding different Arab and determination countries, according to Axios.

Supreme Leader Khamenei announces caller Revolutionary Guard assignment portion cardinal slope main resigns amid protests. (Fars News Agency via AP/Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA/ Reuters )

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Tensions betwixt Iran and the U.S. person been precocious since Washington bombed Tehran's atomic facilities successful the summertime of 2025. Things escalated further arsenic the U.S. condemned Iran's attraction of anti-regime protesters, with President Donald Trump threatening to enactment if authorities actors utilized unit against demonstrators.

Trump precocious said successful an interrogation with NBC News that Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameni "should beryllium precise worried," though the president acknowledged that the 2 countries were "negotiating."

A erstwhile Iranian governmental captive said Trump is "the lone U.S. President who is not acrophobic of [the Iranian] regime." (Majid Saeedi/Getty Images; Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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When pressed astir wherefore helium has not followed done connected threats to instrumentality enactment if the authorities utilized unit against protesters, Trump said that the U.S. "had their back" and that the "country's a messiness close present due to the fact that of us," referring to the strikes connected Iran's atomic facilities. Trump besides told NBC News that the U.S. had learned that Iran was attempting to physique a caller atomic tract successful a antithetic portion of the country.

The president said that helium issued a menace that if Iran were to physique a caller atomic facility, the U.S. would "do precise atrocious things."

It is not instantly wide whether determination volition beryllium much discussions implicit the people of the play oregon if determination are immoderate plans for nonstop discussions betwixt Iranian and American officials.

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