Trip comes after Iran and US resumed negotiations for first time since 12-day Iran-Israel war last June
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\nIran\u2019s top security official met the Sultan of Oman in Muscat on Tuesday, days after a first round of talks there between officials from Washington and Tehran last Friday.
\nAli Larijani, who heads the Supreme National Security Council, and Sultan Haitham bin Tariq \u201cdiscussed the latest developments in the Iranian-American negotiations\u201d, the official Oman News Agency said.
\nLarijani also met Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi, who mediated Friday\u2019s indirect talks between US and Iranian officials, according to photos shared on Larijani\u2019s official Telegram channel.
\nLarijani and Sultan Haitham also explored \u201cways to reach a balanced and just agreement between the two sides, and emphasised the importance of returning to the table of dialogue and negotiation\u201d.
\nDuring his trip to Muscat, Larijani also met Mohammad Abdulsalam, the spokesperson for Yemen\u2019s Tehran-backed Houthi rebels.
\nLarijani will head to Qatar next, according to Iran\u2019s foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei.
\nThe trip comes after Iran and the United States resumed negotiations in Oman on Friday for the first time since the 12-day Iran-Israel war last June, which was briefly joined by the US military.
\nMeanwhile, Iran warned Tuesday of \u201cdestructive\u201d influence on diplomacy ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s visit to Washington for talks expected to focus on US negotiations with Tehran.
\n\u201cOur negotiating party is America. It is up to America to decide to act independently of the pressures and destructive influences that are detrimental to the region,\u201d said Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baqaei in a weekly press briefing.
\n\u201cThe Zionist regime has repeatedly, as a saboteur, shown that it opposes any diplomatic process in our region that leads to peace.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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