U.S. and Iran Set for Talks in Oman

A report from Nytimes says Iranian and U.S. officials will meet in Muscat, the capital of Oman, on Friday for their first face-to-face negotiations since the United States and Iran were at war last June, aimed at staving off another conflict. It remains unclear whether the sides agree on the agenda.

For more than a month, President Trump has threatened to strike Iran, and last week what he described as an “armada” of U.S. warships reached the Persian Gulf. Iran has warned it would retaliate against U.S. military targets and Israel, and several Iran-backed militias have vowed to join the fray.

Mr. Trump has set three demands: ending Iran’s nuclear program and discarding its enriched uranium stockpile; reducing the number and range of ballistic missiles; and ending support for militant groups.

Oman, Muscat