Iran\u2019s acting FM says indirect talks with the US are ongoing through Oman, despite White House claims that talks have stalled
\n Tehran
\nIran is still conducting indirect nuclear talks with the United States via Oman, Iran\u2019s Etemad newspaper on Thursday quoted Iran\u2019s acting foreign minister as saying.
\nAli Bagheri Kani\u2019s reported comments followed remarks on Monday in which a White House spokesperson said the United States was not ready to resume nuclear talks with Iran under the newly elected president, Masoud Pezeshkian.
\n\u201cIndirect talks are being conducted through Oman but the negotiation process is confidential and its details cannot be recounted,\u201d Bagheri Kani was quoted as saying.
\nEfforts were being made to leave \u201csuitable grounds\u201d for negotiations for the new Iranian government that will take office in the next few weeks.
\nPezeshkian, a low-profile moderate who won Iran\u2019s run-off presidential vote last week, has said he will promote a pragmatic foreign policy and ease tensions with the six powers that have been involved in now-stalled nuclear talks to revive a 2015 nuclear pact.
\nHowever, foreign policy in Iran is ultimately decided by the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei who warned last month prior to elections that \u201cone who thinks that nothing can be done without the favour of America will not manage the country well.\u201d
\nPezeshkian is taking office at a time of growing Middle East tensions over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza and over cross-border fire between Israel and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, which have exacerbated disputes between Tehran and Washington.
\nIn a letter to Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of Hamas, Pezeshkian reiterated on Wednesday Tehran\u2019s continued support for Palestinians against \u201cthe occupation of the Zionist regime (Israel).\u201d
\nHezbollah and Hamas are part of a group of Iranian-backed factions in the region known as the Axis of Resistance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Iran\u2019s acting FM says indirect talks with the US are ongoing through Oman, despite White House claims that talks have stalled Tehran Iran is still conducting indirect nuclear talks with the United States via Oman, Iran\u2019s Etemad newspaper on Thursday quoted Iran\u2019s acting foreign minister as saying. Ali Bagheri Kani\u2019s reported comments followed remarks on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417936,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-417918","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n