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Washington views today’s meetings in Oman between Iranian and Omani officials as pivotal for future diplomacy, according to unnamed US officials cited by Radio Free Europe, Al Jazeera reports.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is in Muscat to help find a diplomatic solution to the ongoing crisis.

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