Reports of indirect talks between US and Iran to prevent regional escalation

Two senior officials of US President Joe Biden's administration held indirect talks with Iranian officials this week in Oman, as part of efforts to de-escalate tensions in the region, according to news site Axios. The indirect talks, which included on the American side President Biden's Middle East adviser Brett McGurk and Washington's special envoy for Iran Abram Pali, were the first of their kind between Washington and Tehran. since January, according to the publication. They followed Iran's unprecedented direct attack on Israel with hundreds of drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles on April 13. The attack was launched in retaliation for the deadly bombing that leveled the Islamic Republic's consulate in the Syrian capital on April 1, which Tehran blamed on the Israeli armed forces. Israel neither denied nor confirmed that it carried out the bombing in Damascus. Source: RES
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