Iran says it's ready for Oman-mediated talks with the US

Arsalan Shahla, Bloomberg News on Apr 7, 2025

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Iran has sent a “generous and wise” proposal for indirect talks with the U.S. about its nuclear program that could involve Oman as a mediator, officials said.

U.S. President Donald Trump has said he wants direct discussions with the Islamic Republic over a new nuclear deal to replace the one that he abandoned during his first term. Iran has repeatedly rebuffed the idea of direct negotiations with the U.S.

Trump in March gave Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei two months to reach an agreement or face possible military action. In his reply, Khamenei made clear that Iran “won’t start a war, but will respond to any threat with full force,” the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency reported on Sunday, citing Major-General Mohammad Bagheri, chief of staff of Iran’s armed forces.

On Monday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said “we are waiting for the U.S. response. Our proposal for indirect negotiations is a responsible, generous, and wise offer.”

He added that the Gulf-Arab Sultanate of Oman, which has facilitated dialogue between Tehran and Washington in the past, is a “main candidate” to mediate talks with the U.S. if they take place.

In separate comments on Monday, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said “the ball is in the U.S. court.”

“The offer for direct negotiations isn’t acceptable to us for reasons repeatedly stated before, but we’re ready for indirect negotiations through Oman,” Araghchi said, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency.

Kanaani added that a trilateral, expert-level meeting is taking place in Moscow on Monday involving Iranian, Russian and Chinese officials to discuss the moribund 2015 nuclear deal.