Iran's acting foreign minister, Ali Bagheri, on June 3 said his government was engaged in negotiations with arch-foe the United States that are being hosted by the Gulf sultanate of Oman. Asked about the issue at a news conference during a visit to Beirut, Bagheri said that "we have always continued our negotiations...and they have never stopped." Washington and Tehran have not had diplomatic relations since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The British daily Financial Times reported in March that Bagheri was involved in indirect talks with the United States in Oman in early 2024, against the backdrop of heightened regional tensions over Israel's war in the Gaza Strip.
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