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6 Feb 2026, 06:35

According to the announced schedule, the talks were supposed to start at 9:30 AM, but they began with a slight delay.
Iraqi met with Badr al-Busaidi, the Foreign Minister of Oman, before the negotiations began.
Islamic Republic media reported that the negotiations are set to start between 10 and 11 AM Tehran time.

Abbas Araqchi emphasized on the social media platform X before the negotiations that he would enter the talks "with open eyes and without forgetting the events of last year."
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The Wall Street Journal reported, citing an American official, that Brad Cooper, the commander of CENTCOM, will be part of the U.S. negotiating team in Oman.
Although the presence of Defense Department officials in high-level diplomatic negotiations is not common, Donald Trump sent senior military commanders to negotiations during his presidency.
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After a report about the presence of the CENTCOM commander at the U.S.-Islamic Republic negotiations venue, a diplomatic source from the Islamic Republic told Reuters that his presence or that of any regional military official could "jeopardize" the negotiations in Oman.
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The Islamic Republic's state news agency reports that after Abbas Araqchi, Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump's special representative, also met with Badr al-Busaidi, the Foreign Minister of Oman, in Muscat.
At the same time, Qatar's Al Jazeera television and the Al Mayadeen network, affiliated with Hezbollah in Lebanon, reported, citing Islamic Republic officials, that the negotiations are being held "indirectly."
Neither Islamic Republic officials nor American officials have provided explanations regarding the format of the negotiations.
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