Iran and Oman Military Chiefs Meet in Tehran For Defense Talks

  • Top armed forces officers meet as regional crisis continues
  • Oman has acted as mediator between Iran and West in past

Major-General Mohammad Bagheri

Photographer: Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images
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Iran and Oman’s top military officers met in Tehran for talks to expand and develop defense ties as tensions grow across the Middle East following more than a year of conflict.

Major-General Mohammad Bagheri, chief of staff of the armed forces of Iran, hosted his counterpart, Vice Admiral Abdullah bin Khamis bin Abdullah Al Raisi, in Tehran on Tuesday, the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency reported.