A wave of temporary relief, and some jubilation swept through Iran as Donald Trump announced he was postponing an attack on its energy infrastructure after he claimed to have had productive conversations with Tehran – conversations Iran promptly denied ever having directly with him or through intermediaries.
That does not mean the diplomatic track was entirely silent. Turkey, through its foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, and Oman, via its foreign minister, Badr Albusaidi, who are respected in both Tehran and Washington, have been working the phones constantly.
