MUSCAT: Iran’s top security official met Oman’s ruler in Muscat on Tuesday, days after a new round of talks there between officials from Washington and Tehran. Ali Larijani, who heads the Supreme National Security Council, and Sultan Haitham bin Tariq “discussed the latest developments in the Iranian-American negotiations,” the official Oman News Agency said. Larijani was also due to meet Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi, who mediated Friday’s indirect talks between US and Iranian officials.

The participation of regional countries in support of the talks was good, and we will continue consultations, the Islamic Republic’s top diplomat Abbas Araghchi said

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Omani Foreign Minister Badr bin Hamoud al-Busaidi held a telephone conversation

The trip by Larijani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, comes amid diplomatic efforts to avert war.

MUSCAT: Iran’s top security official met Oman’s ruler in Muscat on Tuesday, days after a new round of talks there between officials from Washington and Tehran. Ali Larijani, who…