Iran will hold talks in Istanbul on Friday with European parties to their now-moribund 2015 nuclear deal, two European and an Iranian diplomatic source said on Tuesday,

Iran will meet winner of Oman and Jordan in the final match on Thursday. Team Melli also qualifies for the Beach Handball World Championship as one of top two teams. The tournament is taking place at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex in Muscat, Oman, from May 6 to 14.

Iran has proposed to create a nuclear consortium with other Gulf countries amid high-level talks with the United States, according to reports in Iranian and international media. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Wednesday that his recent visits to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates were connected to ongoing nuclear negotiations with

Iran denied it had such plans and dismissed the idea as "utterly absurd". The delivery of the Fath-360 launchers - if it occurs - would help support Russia's grinding assault on its neighbor and reaffirm the deepening security ties between Moscow and Tehran.

In the past, Oman has successfully facilitated several deals to release American hostages held by the Houthis, former US Ambassador to Oman Sievers tells the Post.