[UPDATE-Day #38] Iran Talks Should Include All Countries and Issues, Qatar Says

Day #38 – In Brief

• The United States and Iran were still expected to hold talks this week despite military incidents in the Persian Gulf, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
• Qatar’s foreign ministry spokesperson on Tuesday said negotiations with Tehran should cover all issues and without excluding any country, after reports that Tehran demanded bilateral talks with the US only on its nuclear file.
• Iran is seeking changes to the venue and format of the talks, including moving them from Istanbul to Oman and limiting the participation of regional countries, according to Reuters and Axios.
• Iran wants upcoming talks with the United States to be limited strictly to nuclear issues and does not want discussions on missiles or support for regional allied groups, Axios reported.
• US forces shot down an Iranian drone near the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea after it approached the vessel, US Central Command said.
• CENTCOM said Iran’s Revolutionary Guard forces “harassed” a US-flagged oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz before US naval forces escorted it to safety.

This is a developing story that HO1 will continue to monitor.
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[UPDATE] US-Iran talks still expected despite flare-ups in Persian Gulf