Iran has confirmed having held indirect talks with the United States in Oman this weekwith the aim of avoiding a regional escalation, in the midst of the Gaza war and more than a month after Tehran attacked Israeli territory for the first time.

“These conversations “They were not the first nor will they be the last.”said Iran’s representative to the United Nations, Saeed Iravani, the Iranian Mehr agency reported this Sunday.

Iravani has unleashed that these negotiations are a “continuous process“, when questioned by journalists after the American portal Axios reported on the dialogues on Saturday.

According to Axios, these were the first talks between Washington and Tehran since January, when similar negotiations were held in Oman. The outlet has reported that Brett McGurk, President Joe Biden’s top Middle East advisor, and Abram Paley, who is acting on an interim basis as US special envoy to Iranparticipated in the conversations.

However, it has not detailed who represented Iran in the meetings. These talks took place more than a month after Iran launched more than 300 drones and missiles at Israel in retaliation for the April 1 attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, which left seven members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard dead. among them three generals.

Tehran blamed Tel Aviv for the offensive. Several days after the Iranian attack, Israel responded with an offensive against an S-300 air defense system at an Iranian air base, according to US media. The Israeli Army has remained silent about this alleged attack.