{"id":199926,"date":"2026-02-10T17:29:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T17:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/irans-top-security-official-in-oman-following-nuclear-talks-with-us-al-jazeera\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T17:29:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T17:29:02","slug":"irans-top-security-official-in-oman-following-nuclear-talks-with-us-al-jazeera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/irans-top-security-official-in-oman-following-nuclear-talks-with-us-al-jazeera\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s top security official in Oman following nuclear talks with US – Al Jazeera"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trip by Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran\u2019s Supreme National Security Council, comes amid diplomatic efforts to avert war in the Middle East.<\/em>
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Ali Larijani, a top security official in Iran\u2019s government, met Oman\u2019s ruler Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said to seek a way forward following nuclear talks<\/a> held in the country between Tehran and Washington.
The two \u201cdiscussed the latest developments in the Iranian-American negotiations\u201d, the official Oman News Agency reported on Tuesday.
They 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, it added.
Larijani, a close adviser to Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was also due to meet Omani Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi, the chief intermediary in the US-Iran talks.
Iran\u2019s state-run IRNA news agency said \u201cdiscussions over the latest regional and international developments\u201d were on the agenda for Larijani\u2019s visit to Muscat.
Oman hosted talks on Iran\u2019s nuclear programme last week aimed at avoiding a major conflict<\/a> between Tehran and Washington, amid surging tensions and a growing US military build-up in the region.
It was an outcome of concerted diplomatic efforts in the region to avert conflict. A second round of talks has been confirmed but a date hasn\u2019t been announced.
IRNA reported\u00a0 Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held a series of phone calls with his counterparts in Turkiye, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia to brief them on the latest developments in the negotiations with Washington in Muscat.
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Abas Aslani, from the Center for Middle East Strategic Studies, noted Larijani\u2019s meeting with the intermediary Sultan Haitham was a lengthy one, which could bode well even though there\u2019s been a \u201cbattle of narratives\u201d between Iran and the US.
\u201cAt the lexicon of high-stakes diplomacy, duration is very significant and important if not promising. So it seems both sides, including Iran, they need to have a better and clearer understanding of the situation before they reconvene for the potential second round [of negotiations] with the United States,\u201d Aslani said.
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s trip to Washington, DC, is likely an attempt \u201cto poison the well before this diplomatic process gains traction\u201d, he told Al Jazeera.
\u201cIt seems Netanyahu will tactically try to disrupt the process, and he wants to push the United States to include the missiles issue in the negotiations because it is a source of worry for Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n

At a news briefing on Tuesday, Esmaeil Baghaei, spokesperson for Iran\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said Larijani\u2019s visit was part of regional consultations in line with Tehran\u2019s policy of strengthening relations with neighbouring countries, and had been planned in advance.
Regarding the negotiations with the United States, Baghaei said Washington \u201cmust act independently, free from the destructive pressures being exerted that harm the region and American interests\u201d.
He urged the US to resist Israeli pressure over the nuclear issue, saying \u201cone of the United States\u2019 problems in the region is its subservience to the demands of the Zionist entity, which is the primary factor destabilising security in the region\u201d.
Baghaei said after the collapse of the diplomatic process last year, it was \u201cunrealistic to expect detailed discussions in the very first meeting\u201d.
\u201cThe Muscat meeting itself was brief, lasting about half a day, and from our perspective was mainly aimed at assessing the other side\u2019s seriousness and exploring how the process might proceed,\u201d he said.
The focus, he added, has been on general principles and Iran\u2019s \u201ccore positions\u201d are clear \u2013 \u201csecuring the Iranian people\u2019s interests based on international law and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty<\/a>, including the right to peaceful use of nuclear energy\u201d.
Larijani will visit Qatar after his trip to Oman, said Baghaei.
Both sides have given mixed signals about their progress in the negotiations.
However, on Monday, Iran\u2019s atomic energy chief Mohammad Eslami said<\/a> Tehran is open to diluting its highly enriched uranium if the US ends sanctions, signalling flexibility on a key American demand.
Eslami said the prospects of Iran diluting its 60 percent enriched uranium, a threshold close to weapons-grade, would hinge on \u201cwhether all sanctions would be lifted in return\u201d, IRNA reported.
US President Donald Trump has repeatedly called for Iran to be subject to a total ban on enrichment, a condition Tehran has dubbed unacceptable.
Washington has also demanded Iran relinquish its stockpile \u2013 estimated last year by the United Nations nuclear agency at more than 440kg (970lb) \u2013 of uranium enriched to up to 60 percent fissile purity, a small step away from the 90 percent \u2060that is considered weapons-grade.
Araghchi, speaking to diplomats at a summit in Tehran on Sunday, signalled Iran would stick to its position that it must be allowed to enrich uranium.
\u201cThe Americans are now saying that they are looking for a package of comprehensive negotiations to include other controversial issues such as the ballistic missiles<\/a>, defence capabilities, regional activities of the country,\u201d said Al Jazeera\u2019s Tohid Asadi, reporting from Tehran.
\u201cMeanwhile, Tehran is saying it wants talks to be focused and concentrated around the nuclear policy, and for the knots to be untangled one by one.\u201d<\/p>\n

The date of the next round of talks has yet to be announced, although Trump has said they will be held this week.
Iran and the US held five rounds of talks last year on curbing Tehran\u2019s nuclear programme, with the process stalling largely owing to disputes over uranium enrichment.
Washington then joined Israeli strikes on Iran last June, targeting the Natanz, Fordow and Isfahan nuclear facilities with bunker-buster bombs.
Since those strikes, Tehran has said it halted enrichment activity.\u00a0It has always maintained that its nuclear programme is solely for peaceful purposes.
Larijani\u2019s Oman trip comes as Netanyahu left for the United States for a meeting with Trump<\/a> to discuss Washington\u2019s ongoing negotiations with Iran.\u00a0The planned meeting will be the seventh between Trump and Netanyahu since the US president returned to office last year.
Reporting from the White House, Al Jazeera\u2019s Kimberly Halkett said Netanyahu will likely push to appear \u201cforceful and strong\u201d to his domestic base in Israel in lobbying for a hardline approach to Iran in Washington, DC.
\u201cHe\u2019ll be talking about making sure that Israel\u2019s demands remain intact,\u201d Halkett said. \u201cBut again, this has a lot to do with the fact that he wants to be seen doing it versus just picking up the telephone.\u201d
The US has sought to include Iran\u2019s ballistic missile arsenal in negotiations, but Tehran has ruled this out, with Araghchi insisting its missile programme is \u201cnon-negotiable\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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