Brett McGurk, the top Middle East official on the National Security Council, recently made an unannounced trip to Oman to discuss potential diplomatic outreach with Iran over its nuclear program, Axios reported Tuesday.
Tensions have been soaring between the US and Iran since indirect negotiations to revive the nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, broke down last year. The Biden administration has taken a very hardline approach to Iran and has continued to increase sanctions on the Islamic Republic.
The Axios report cited unnamed US, Israeli, and European officials who said McGurk traveled to Muscat on May 8, and the main topic of conversation was an idea for a new diplomatic push over Iran’s nuclear program with Omani mediation. “The Omanis are holding proximity talks between the US and Iran,” one Israeli official said.
Iran is currently enriching some uranium at 60%, which is the highest level it has ever achieved, a step that came in response to an Israeli covert attack on Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility in 2021. Despite claims from Israeli officials, there’s no sign Tehran is working toward a nuclear bomb as 90% enrichment is needed for weapons-grade.
But Israel is still constantly threatening to attack Iran over its nuclear program. Israeli officials claimed to Axios that the US is looking to see if Iran is willing to freeze some of its nuclear activity and wants to know what they would want in return. However, a National Security Council spokesperson denied the claim.
“There is no US discussion of an interim deal and no discussion of sanctions relief, or closing safeguards cases.” the spokesperson said. The spokesperson wouldn’t comment on the McGurk trip to Oman. Both the US and Oman did not make the visit public.
“But Israel is still constantly threatening to attack Iran over its nuclear program.”
Vain threats. If it could attack Israel would have attacked years, yes years ago.What Israel hope is to get US attack
And Iran’s proxy armies openly practice seizing Israeli villages.
?? Do you mean “liberating Palestinian territory”?
Going into a village,killing and kidnapping-you call that liberation? I call it bloodlust. Hows about some Native Americans liberate your place?
I’m confused, are you now criticizing the well known tactic of the IDF? … if so we’re in agreement.
Two wrongs dont make a right.My point was that Iran is cruising.
Too Little… Too Late…!
wow there is actually a place called Oman somewhere over there and somehow they have achieved such a status that they could mediate terms between Iran and the US.
WTF does Oman even have clean drinking water? probably not.
and by the way, the very first thing that Trump did after taking office was to eliminate the American Clean Water Act that Nixon instituted all them many years ago. because who needs clean drinking water, right?
hety can yalls even spell the word Oman? probably not.
Oman was the broker behind the Saudis and Iran in Yemen.
I read a piece that shared about Islamic jurisprudence and how in Yemen Oman’s juriprudence was one that is able to be more pragmatic and was able to be the ones who were used to get the Saudis and Iran talking and agreeing to try to resolve the mess in Yemen.
It was a translation about a topic (Islamic jurisprudence) that was not shared that well but was interesting as to why/how Oman’s strain of Islam allowed them to be in this position of getting people to talk.
I like how Whashington rats pretend to be relevant in Mideast. The desperation of the terrorist empire is delicious.