Oman’s foreign minister claimed Tehran had said it would end enriched uranium stockpiles and open its facilities to inspectors — raising hopes of a breakthrough. So why did Trump still choose military action over diplomacy, igniting one of the region’s most explosive crises yet?
On February 27, Omani foreign minister Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi — a key mediator in the US-Iran nuclear talks that had concluded a day earlier in Geneva — told CBS News’ ‘Face the Nation’ that he was confident a peace deal between the US, Israel and Iran “is within our reach”. Negotiators, he said, had met to address Tehran’s nuclear programme in a bid to avert war.
“I don't think any alternative to diplomacy is going to solve this problem,” he added, reiterating that an agreement was, in his words, “within our reach”.
“I don't think any alternative to diplomacy is going to solve this problem,” he added, reiterating that an agreement was, in his words, “within our reach”.