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OAN Staff Katherine Mosack
2:40 PM – Saturday, February 7, 2026
United States and Iranian representatives met in Muscat, the capital of Oman, for negotiations regarding the future of Tehran’s nuclear program after a U.S.-mediated ceasefire ended a 12-day conflict last summer, marking the first face-to-face summit since the war.
“Very serious talks mediating between Iran and the US in Muscat today,” said Minister of Foreign Affairs of Oman Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi on X Friday. “It was useful to clarify both Iranian and American thinking and identify areas for possible progress. We aim to reconvene in due course, with the results to be considered carefully in Tehran and Washington.”
Oman acted as a host and a mediator.
Though the Trump administration has pushed for broader concessions, Iranian officials have made it clear they only wish to discuss the nuclear program.
“The subject of our talks is solely nuclear, and we are not discussing any other issue with the Americans,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who is leading negotiations for the country, told Iranian state-run media on Friday.
He added that the discussions were “intensive” and “in a very good atmosphere. It was a good start,” he reported.
The U.S. was represented by Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, Trump’s son-in-law and former advisor Jared Kushner and Central Command (CENTCOM) Commander Admiral Brad Cooper.
A stumbling block in the negotiations remains Iran’s nuclear enrichment policy, as it has continued to reject zero enrichment. However, it was revealed during the recent meeting that the country may consider a temporary, three-year pause, though it’s unclear if this will satisfy the trump administration, according to an anonymous source who spoke to the Washington Post.
Tehran also argues that its nuclear enrichment is designed to enrich uranium for civilian purposes, not or the production of weapons.
President Donald Trump’s administration began talks to secure a nuclear deal with Iran last year. Despite meeting in Oman and Italy, no measurable progress was made, and the conflict with Israel threw off the efforts. Trump pulled the U.S. out of the previous deal struck in 2015 during his first presidential term to limit Iran’s nuclear program.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said at a press conference on Thursday that the president’s goal was to leave Iran with “zero nuclear capability.”
The 12-day war with Israel left Iran with a severely damaged nuclear program from U.S. airstrikes in June and suffering losses from Israel. With the addition of the massive protests across the country that began late in December, Iran entered into negotiations with the U.S. in a very vulnerable state. Despite its losses, however, its missile arsenal remains the most substantial in the region.
The meeting took place against a backdrop of significant U.S. military buildup in the Middle East, including warships and aircraft near Iran, according to the Washington Post’s analysis of satellite imagery.
“While these negotiations are taking place, I would remind the Iranian regime that the president has many options at his disposal aside from diplomacy as the commander in chief of the most powerful military in the history of the world,” said Leavitt.
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