Top Iran security official is in Oman, site of talks with the US, likely with a nuclear message

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A top Iranian security official traveled on Tuesday to Oman, the Mideast sultanate now mediating talks between Tehran and Washington over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program aimed at halting a possible American strike.

Ali Larijani, a former Iranian parliament speaker who now serves as the secretary to the country’s Supreme National Security Council, likely carried Iran’s response to the initial round of indirect talks held last week in Muscat with the Americans.