Iran’s Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani confirmed on Friday that Tehran has been holding Oman-brokered talks with the US amid soaring tensions in the Middle East.
Axios reported last month that senior US officials held indirect negotiations with Iran in Oman about how to avoid escalations in the region. The talks involved Brett McGurk, President Biden’s top Middle East official on the National Security Council.
Bagheri Kani was asked about the reports during a trip to Lebanon and said, “We have always continued our negotiations… and they have never stopped.”
The risk of regional escalation is still high as Israel has again ramped up its airstrikes in Syria. Israeli warplanes pounded targets north of Aleppo early Monday morning, and Iran’s semi-official Student News Network reported that an Iranian military advisor was killed in the attack, according to Reuters.
Israel’s April 1 bombing of the Iranian consulate in Damascus, which killed a senior Iranian Quds Force general, provoked the first-ever Iranian drone and missile attack on Israeli territory. Iran choreographed its move, giving 72-hour notice to regional countries, making it clear it didn’t want the situation to escalate further, and Israel’s response was muted.
Bagheri Kani’s visit to Lebanon marked his first foreign trip as acting foreign minister since he replaced Hossein Amirabdollahian, who died in a helicopter crash alongside Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on May 19.
The disturbing implication here is that Iran is ok with the Palestinian genocide (equaly with Washington) so long as it's contained, doesn't touch Persians directly… ??
It seems to me that reducing tensions in the region, contributes toward saving countless additional lives.
The only tensions in the MidEast are the violations,murder and Genocide being done by Israel.Nothing else matters.
Yes, at bottom, "reducing tensions" amounts to acceding to the Zionist final solution for the Palestinians. But Donna's point needs answered: Is it worth more blood to preserve civilization?
You know something Wendell, I do still think there is hope for everyone and peace is necessary for all of us. War is something that should not abide.
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The main topics are US asking Iran not to support Hezbollah, Houthis and Hamas…. And Iran asking US to quit support for Israel…!
Well at least we are talking to someone. I find it hard to believe, though, that the Iranians believe the American government is a trustworthy negotiating partner.
Wash. knows Iran, China and Russia are together now, but whatever happens at the talks, probably will be presented to the masses as just another propaganda ploy against the West's 3 bogie-men, standing in the way of the empire's (UK/USA/Israel) agenda of world domination.