Iran Discusses Efforts To End War, Hormuz Security With Oman

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas ‌Araqchi held talks ‌in Oman on Sunday and discussed security in the Strait of Hormuz and broader ‌Gulf waters ⁠and diplomatic efforts to end ⁠the Iran-U.S. conflict, according to an Iranian foreign ministry statement.

In talks ‌in Muscat with Oman’s Sultan Haitham bin Tariq al-Said, Araqchi said the U.S. military ‌presence in the Middle East was fuelling ‌insecurity and division and called for a regional security framework free of ‌outside interference.

This talk in Oman comes after the negotiation with the US failed to take place in Pakistan as US President cancelled the talks suggesting that Iran authorities are not willing to negotiate.

President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Iran could call if it wanted to negotiate an end to the war launched by the U.S. and Israel, as Iran’s foreign minister returned to Pakistan for talks despite the absence of U.S. counterparts.

Hopes of reviving peace efforts had earlier receded after Trump scrapped a visit to Islamabad by his envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, even as Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi continued to shuttle between mediating countries.

“If they want to talk, they can come to us, or they can call us. You know, there is a telephone. We have nice, secure lines,” Trump said in an interview on Fox News’ “The Sunday Briefing.”

“They know what has to be in the agreement. It’s very simple: they cannot have a nuclear weapon, otherwise there’s no reason to meet,” Trump said.