It’s been a volatile weekend in the Middle East. The flare-up between the US and Iran comes as both countries near the halfway mark of a 60-day window to negotiate the final terms of a deal, following an initial agreement in June.
What happened over the weekend:
As mediators race to revive diplomacy, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi travels to Muscat to meet with his Omani counterpart. Oman drafts a tentative proposal to manage traffic in the Strait of Hormuz through two separately controlled routes, according to a source.
Hours later, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) say they fired a warning shot at a…