Just a few months ago, the tensions between the United States and Iran were palpable, with proxy factions like the Houthis and Hezbollah unleashing unprovoked attacks on both ships and our ally Israel.
Five days ago, on April 7, President Trump announced that direct diplomatic meetings would take place this weekend between the U.S. and Iran on their nuclear weapons aspirations.
That came about a week after he threatened that things would not go well for Iran, if they don’t agree to come to the negotiating table , as we wrote.
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In a remarkable update on Saturday, the first round of talks has taken place in Oman–with both countries agreeing to more negotiations:
This first round of talks began at around 3:30 p.m. local time. The two sides…
