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Update: Iranian official denies Leader's aide may join Oman talks

An Iranian official denied that Ali Akbar Velayati may join nuclear talks between the United States and Iran in Oman this week.
Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif (L) holds a bilateral meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (R) on the second straight day of talks over Tehran's nuclear program in Vienna, July 14, 2014. Kerry will press his Iranian counterpart Zarif to make "critical choices" in a second straight day of talks over Tehran's nuclear program on Monday, a U.S. official said.  REUTERS/Jim Bourg    (AUSTRIA - Tags: POLITICS ENERGY) - RTR3YJOV

Updated: An Iranian official on Sunday (Nov. 9) denied that a top adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei may join talks in Oman between the United States and Iran in the coming days, as Al-Monitor reported Saturday.

Ali Akbar Velayati, longtime foreign policy adviser to Khamenei and a former Iranian foreign minister, may join the talks between US Secretary of State John Kerry, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and European Union negotiator Catherine Ashton, in a signal that the Supreme Leader may be preparing to sign off on a deal, sources told Al-Monitor on condition of anonymity Saturday (Nov. 8).

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