Oman's state news agency reports that Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf met with Sultan Haitham bin Tariq in Muscat to discuss the latest developments in negotiations between Iran and the United States. Qalibaf briefed the sultan on key topics under discussion, and the sultan expressed support for continued talks and hopes for a stable agreement on the Strait of Hormuz, Iran's nuclear program, and other issues.
Oman's state news agency reported Wednesday afternoon that Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf met with Sultan Haitham bin Tariq in Muscat and briefed him on the latest developments in ongoing US-Iran negotiations. The sultan expressed support for continued talks and hope for a stable agreement addressing freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran's nuclear program, and other outstanding issues, according to the report.
The meeting is the latest in a sequence of diplomatic engagements in Muscat that accelerated this week. As The Zioneer first reported Monday evening (June 22, 18:58 Jerusalem), Qalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Oman and were initially reported to meet the sultan. By that same time, the meeting with Sultan Haitham was confirmed by a reporter from N12. That meeting was followed by reports, also from Monday evening, that the delegation had discussed future arrangements regarding the Strait of Hormuz. The Omani state report now provides the first official confirmation of the topics discussed in the Qalibaf-Sultan meeting and attributes specific positions to the sultan.
The talks come amid a wider regional diplomatic push centered on Iran's nuclear program and freedom of navigation. As The Zioneer reported last week (June 21, 19:19 Jerusalem), US officials have been holding face-to-face negotiations with Iranian representatives. Earlier, on June 14, the Saudi channel Al-Hadath reported that a virtual memorandum of understanding ceremony — potentially to be attended by Vice President JD Vance and Qalibaf — was being planned under Qatari and Pakistani mediation, with terms including reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
The Omani report is based on a single state-run source and has not yet been independently corroborated by additional outlets.
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