U.S. and Iranian officials held indirect talks in the Sultanate of Oman last month, while Omani officials hopped between the separate rooms where they were named and conveyed messages.
The goal of the indirect talks and messaging between the United States and Iran is to reach "understandings" on ways to halt an escalation of Iran's nuclear program. Iraqi officials announced today that the Biden administration has given the government in Baghdad a specific exemption from sanctions on Iran in order to pay Tehran about $2.7 billion to cover electricity and gas debts.