The "indirect talks" with the United States in Oman already represent a political gain for Iran and a setback for Washington, a senior Iranian hardliner and editor of the state-linked Kayhan newspaper said on Saturday.
“The benefit for the US from this indirect negotiation is the failure to impose its extortionist demands,” Hossein Shariatmadari, who represents Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei at Kayhan, wrote in a column. “What remains for Iran is yet another experience proving the United States is not trustworthy.”
He added, “From now, the result of Saturday’s indirect talks with the US can be scored one-nil in favor of the Islamic Republic.”
Kayhan, a fiercely conservative daily funded by the office of the Supreme Leader, often reflects the views of Iran’s most hardline political circles.
