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Oman Enters Hormuz Diplomacy, Talks Directly with Tehran Amid Active Strikes

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Oman Enters Hormuz Diplomacy, Talks Directly with Tehran Amid Active Strikes

🕊️ MUSCAT — Baghdad's channel just closed; Oman's just opened. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Oman is the Gulf state Tehran trusts most — it brokered the 2013 US-Iran back channel. Baghdad denied mediator status hours ago; Muscat is now the last credible off-ramp before Trump speaks. Oman moves quietly by design — a public headline signals Iran wants this visible. Variable: whether Washington authorized the probe or Tehran is acting unilaterally.

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