[Day #40] Muscat Talks Start Today, US Urges Nationals to Leave Iran

Day #40 – In Brief

• The US State Department on Thursday once again urged American nationals to immediately leave Iran or find a secure location within their residence or another safe building if they cannot leave the country.
• Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has left Tehran for Muscat ahead of Friday’s “nuclear negotiations” with the United States, foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said in a post on X.
• The New York Times reported that Iran and the United States made mutual concessions to set up Friday talks in Oman that would focus on Iran’s nuclear program while also covering missiles and militant groups.
• German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Germany is ready to increase pressure on Iran and engage in talks aimed at a swift end to Iran’s nuclear program.

This is a developing story that HO1 will continue to monitor.
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US-Iran talks in Oman to be limited to nuclear program