After talks in Oman deemed “positive” by Tehran, Iran announced the continuation of negotiations with the United States, which the latter did not comment on. According to Iranian diplomacy, the talks only focused on nuclear power. These exchanges are taking place despite an American naval deployment in the region.

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Iran affirmed, Friday, February 6, that it would continue its negotiations with the United States, following a session of talks in Oman held in a “positive atmosphere” according to Tehran, despite the deployment in the Gulf of an American naval force.

The United States did not immediately comment on this statement by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. On the other hand, they announced new sanctions aimed at curbing Iran's oil exports, targeting various entities and ships.

The new American sanctions, notably against 14 vessels linked to Iranian oil trafficking, are part of the Trump administration's "maximum pressure campaign" towards Iran, the State Department said on Friday.

According to the Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs, the talks only focused on the nuclear aspect, in accordance with what Tehran demands. Washington, for its part, would also like Iran's support for various armed groups hostile to Israel and its ballistic missile program to be addressed. Nothing, however, on the repression of demonstrations in Iran.

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“No other subject”

The talks were the first since U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites in June, during the 12-day war sparked by an Israeli attack on Iran.

They were held while Donald Trump deployed a large American naval force in the Gulf and increased threats of military intervention in Iran, first in response to the bloody repression by the Iranian government of the protest movement in early January and then due to the Iranian nuclear program.

The Iranian minister said he hoped that Washington would refrain from any new "threats" so that talks could continue.

“In a very positive atmosphere, our ideas were exchanged,” he told Iranian state television.

He added that both sides had "agreed to continue negotiations, but the modalities and timetable would be decided later."

The discussions focus "exclusively on the nuclear issue": "we are not discussing any other subject with the Americans", Abbas Araghchi told the Irna news agency.

Donald Trump's spokesperson, Karoline Leavitt, indicated Thursday that the American president had been "very explicit on the fact that he wanted zero nuclear capacity."

Donald Trump said in June that the American strikes had “wiped out” Iranian nuclear capabilities, but the exact extent of the damage remains unknown.

The Omani Minister of Foreign Affairs, Badr al-Boussaïdi, reported on Friday an upcoming meeting between Iran and the United States "in due time", specifying that the exchanges had made it possible to "identify areas where progress is possible".

According to images from the Omani press agency, Admiral Brad Cooper, head of the American military Command for the Middle East (Centcom) was present during the talks, held, according to a source close to the negotiations, at the residence of Badr al-Boussaïdi.

Paris accuses Iran of being a “destabilizing power”

Qatar, an ally of the United States, expressed hope that the discussions "will result in a comprehensive agreement that (...) strengthens security and stability in the region."

Western countries and Israel accuse Iran of seeking to acquire atomic weapons, which Tehran denies while insisting on its right to develop a civilian nuclear sector.

France said on Friday that Iran must give up being a “destabilizing power”, citing in particular its nuclear program.

The talks in Oman took place after Iranian power bloodily crushed a vast protest movement in January.

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The NGO Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), based in the United States, said it had confirmed 6,941 deaths, the majority of them demonstrators, and recorded nearly 51,000 arrests. Other NGOs fear a much higher toll, the extent of which was hidden by three weeks of internet shutdown. According to senior officials from the Iranian Ministry of Health cited by the American media Time, the number of victims would be nearly 30,000 dead.

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