Posted on 05/22/2024 11:22:53 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
Sources close to the discussions in Oman tell MEE that the delegations spoke about ending Israel's war and a shared desire for a change in Israeli government
Secret talks between Iran and the United States in Oman were making good progress, but have now been jeopardised by the sudden death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister.
Brett McGurk, US President Joe Biden's senior Middle East adviser, held indirect negotiations earlier this month with Ali Bagheri Kani, Iran’s point man for negotiations with the West, according to three Iranian sources close to the talks.
The talks took place in Muscat, which hosted secret meetings between Tehran and Washington a decade ago that led to the 2015 JCPOA (joint comprehensive plan of action) nuclear agreement.
They were the first round of discussions between the US and Iran since January.
One source close to the talks, which were first reported by Axios on Friday, told Middle East Eye that discussions between Bagheri Kani and McGurk were progressing well and were close to reaching some sort of agreement.
Bagheri Kani was deputy foreign minister at the time, but following the death of Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in the helicopter crash that killed Raisi on Sunday, he is now acting foreign minister.
The talks focused on three subjects: a shared desire for a change in government in Israel; ending Israel’s war on Gaza; and preventing the conflict from spreading elsewhere in the region.
An analyst close to the Iranian ruling establishment suggested to MEE that the talks also seem to have served as a way of establishing a ceasefire between the US on one side and Iran and its allies on the other.
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Gaza war is almost over. They should be demanding that Hezbullah voluntarily disband and let the Lebanon government restore social order throughout the country.
That a shame the untimely death interrupted their butt humping
Yes, and if they are smart, IDF will turn to destroying Hezbollah immediately afterward.
LGB would have rather the talks been held in C’monman rather than Oman.
Actually, he’d rather they were held in Teheran, where his handler would feel more at home.
Bidet’s Puppetmeisters are obviously running some sort of satanic internal competition to see which region of the world they can provoke into nuclear WW3—-Europe (my bet until seeing this article), Far East, or Middle East.
Having everyone else fighting might be seen as sone sort of perverse strategy yes. But it seems obvious that the warfare they’re stoking cannot, will not be contained overseas (especially as the Iranian dictators have made it clear they will attack USA first before moving on to their neighbors in their own part of the world).
Biden’s regime needs to be removed in this year’s election
And the ICC’s warrant gave Bibi a big bump. Thank God these scumbags are incompetent or we’s be in more trouble.
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