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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour and Andrew Roth

US and Iran talks brought back from the brink after White House relents on move to Oman

US secretary of state Marco Rubio at a news conference in Washington
Marco Rubio said: ‘In order for talks to lead to something meaningful, they will have to include the range of their ballistic missiles.’ Photograph: Gent Shkullaku/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock

Talks between the US and Iran scheduled for Friday have been brought back from the brink of collapse after the US initially rejected Iran’s request to move them from Turkey to Oman without the presence of a group of Arab states.

Iran’s foreign minister said late on Wednesday that the talks would proceed in Oman after reports of a last-minute effort by Arab states to convince the White House not to walk away from negotiations.

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