Iran says ‘indirect talks’ begin with US envoy over Tehran’s nuclear programme

Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi, left, meets his Omani counterpart Sayyid Badr Albusaidi prior to negotiations with US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff in Muscat, Oman (Iranian Foreign Ministry via AP)

Iran and the United States have begun negotiations in Oman over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear programme.

Esmail Baghaei, a spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, made the announcement on a social platform.