Iran’s foreign minister said Tuesday he’ll meet with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff in Oman for the first negotiations under the Trump administration seeking to halt Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program.

Omani officials are preparing to play courier for “indirect” talks between the United States and Iran regarding the Islamic Republic’s expanding nuclear program. U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff is preparing to meet with Iranian diplomats to address Tehran’s increasingly viable nuclear weapons program,

Iran said it will start high-level talks with the U.S. in Oman this weekend, confirming Donald Trump’s announcement that they’ll discuss a standoff over Tehran’s nuclear program.

President Trump said that the United States would hold “direct” talks with Iran on Saturday in an effort to rein in the country’s nuclear program, saying Tehran would be “in great danger” if it failed to reach an accord.

US President Donald Trump met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the White House to discuss Iran, Gaza and tariffs. Trump says the US is having direct talks with Iran, a

Expected talks between Iran and the United States would be a late, and perhaps last, opportunity to control Tehran’s nuclear ambitions and avoid war.