Tehran requested that meetings be moved from Turkey to location of last year's talks in order to avoid any expansion of discussions to issues such as its ballistic missiles

DUBAI, Feb 4 - The U.S. and Iran are due to hold talks in Oman on Friday after Tehran requested a change of venue to limit negotiations to its nuclear programme, a regional official said, with a build-up of U.S. forces in the Middle East raising fears of a confrontation. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

DUBAI, Feb 4 - The U.S. and Iran are due to hold talks in Oman on Friday after Tehran requested a change of venue to limit negotiations to its nuclear programme, a regional official said, with a build-up of U.S. forces in the Middle East raising fears of a confrontation. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

US President Donald Trump has warned that "bad things" could happen if a deal is not reached. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.