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Oman
[ oh-mahn ]
noun
- Sultanate of Oman, an independent sultanate in southeastern Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). : Muscat. Formerly Mus·cat and O·man [muhs-, kat].
- Gulf of Oman, a northwestern arm of the Arabian Sea, at the entrance to the Persian Gulf.
Oman
/ əʊˈɑː /
noun
- a sultanate in SE Arabia, on the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea: the most powerful state in Arabia in the 19th century, ruling Zanzibar, much of the Persian coast, and part of Pakistan. Official language: Arabic. Official religion: Muslim. Currency: rial. Capital: Muscat. Pop: 3 154 134 (2013 est). Area: about 306 000 sq km (118 150 sq miles) Former name (until 1970)Muscat and Oman
Oman
- Kingdom on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula on the Arabian Sea, bordered to the northwest by the United Arab Emirates , the west by Saudi Arabia , and the southwest by Yemen . Oman includes a tip of land on one side of the Strait of Hormuz at the entrance to the Persian Gulf .
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The explosion ripped through the port as Iranian and US delegations were meeting via mediators in Oman for high-level talks on Tehran's nuclear programme, with both sides reporting progress.
Those negotiations will resume this weekend in Oman.
After both sides described the first round of talks in Oman last weekend as constructive, Trump had said he would be "making a decision on Iran very quickly".
US and Iranian officials have arrived in Oman's capital Muscat to try to reach a new deal over Iran's controversial nuclear programme.
Iran's foreign minister has arrived in Oman for talks with the United States over Iran's nuclear programme.
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