File Photo: Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (2nd R) leads the Iranian delegation to the indirect talks with the US. AFP
The semiofficial ISNA and Tasnim news agencies, as well as the Student News Network, all reported the talks would take place in Oman, though the sultanate did not immediately acknowledge it would host them.
Oman has hosted multiple rounds of earlier nuclear talks between Iran and the US in the past.
The US has not acknowledged that the talks would take place in Oman, though the White House said it anticipated the negotiations would take place even after the US shot down an Iranian drone on Tuesday and Iran attempted to stop a US-flagged ship.
Also on Wednesday, activists said the number of arrests topped 50,000 in the government crackdown, according to the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency, which has been accurate in other rounds of unrest in Iran.
The crackdown on the demonstrations has also killed at least 6,876 people. The Associated Press has been unable to independently assess the death toll due to the sweeping internet shutdown in Iran.
* This story was edited by Ahram Online.
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