(26 Apr 2025)
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Muscat, Oman – 26 April 2025
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2. Mid of Muscat sea front
3. Wide of ancient fort over Muscat’s port
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press:
“Iran and the United States have started negotiations again here in Muscat, Oman, over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program. This is the third round of talks we’ve seen. The first round here, and the second round in Rome in Italy. Now what’s different about these talks is they’re involving experts, and these experts are gonna drill down into the details necessary to be agreed upon, for any accord to be reached. And these details include whether or not Iran can enrich uranium, and at what level. They also include what sanctions relief Iran can expect to get from the Americans, if they agree to a deal. Now the Americans also brought up Iran’s ballistic missile arsenal, and its support for militant groups in the Middle East in the past as concerns. Iran insists that it only wants to talk about the nuclear deal, but these other factors are in play as the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip goes on and tensions remain high region-wide. These talks are going to be led again by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and U.S. Mideast Envoy Steve Witkoff. And again, the world’s attention is focused back here in the Sultanate of Oman to see whether or not they can get a deal across the finish line.”
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6. Mid of kids watching water fountain
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8. Tourists walking
9. Various of souvenir shops and goods
STORYLINE:
Iran and the United States began in-depth negotiations in Oman over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program on Saturday, talks that likely will hinge on the Islamic Republic’s enrichment of uranium.
Iranian state television reported the talks had begun in Muscat, the mountain-wrapped capital of this sultanate on the eastern edge of the Arabian Peninsula.
However, neither Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi nor U.S. Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff offered any immediate specifics or details on the talks that they’ll lead.
The talks seek to limit Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of some of the crushing economic sanctions the U.S. has imposed on the Islamic Republic closing in on half a century of enmity.
U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to unleash airstrikes targeting Iran’s program if a deal isn’t reached.
Iranian officials increasingly warn that they could pursue a nuclear weapon with their stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels.
Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers did limit Tehran’s program.
However, Trump unilaterally withdrew from it in 2018, setting in motion years of attacks and tensions.
The wider Middle East also remains on edge over the devastating Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip.
While Araghchi and Witkoff are again expected to speak through the Omanis, experts on both sides also will begin negotiating details of a possible deal.
From the Iranian side, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-e Ravanchi will lead Tehran’s expert team, said Mohammad Golzari, an Iranian government official.
Takht-e Ravanchi took part in the 2015 nuclear talks.
The U.S. technical team, which is expected to arrive in Oman on Friday, will be led by Michael Anton, the director of U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s policy planning staff.
Anton does not have the nuclear policy experience of those who led America’s efforts in the 2015 talks.
Iran has insisted that keeping its enrichment is key.
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