"But the official confirmed that other regional nations would not be involved in talks at the moment, despite proposals to also include them in the negotiations. Iran's reluctance to involve regional countries in talks for now stems not from a desire to be exclusionary, but a worry that more players in the room could risk turning the process into a political display instead of a focused negotiation, the official said. Instead, Iran wants the talks format with the US to stabilise first, the official added."
"Regional mediators involved in the process have a different view: They see their role not as facilitators of talks at this stage, but as potential guarantors of any future settlement. These are, after all, countries whose own stability is directly affected by the crisis between the US and Iran. This marks a clear break from the 2015 nuclear agreement, which was built around a transactional arms control logic."
"Over the past few days, Iran and regional nations have intensified their diplomacy. Ali Larijani, the head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, travelled to Moscow on June 30 for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held consultations in Istanbul last Friday. Building on those meetings, Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani"
Iran has confirmed Oman as the venue for a new round of talks with the United States and prefers bilateral talks initially to stabilise the negotiation format. Tehran is wary of including regional nations now out of concern that additional actors could politicise the process and undermine focused negotiation. Regional mediators view themselves as potential guarantors of any eventual settlement because their stability is directly affected by US–Iran tensions. The present crisis is characterised by military tensions rather than the transactional arms control logic of 2015. Diplomacy has intensified with high-level Iranian visits to Moscow and Istanbul and engagement by Qatar.
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