News - Middle East: A Lebanese political commentator has expounded on the recent trip of Oman’s Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said to Iran, calling Muscat a “reliable mediator” to resolve crises in the strategic West Asia region.

In an exclusive interview with the Press TV website on Tuesday, Ali Ezzeddine delved into the goals and significance of Sultan Haitham’s visit to Iran as well as Oman's mediation role in regional issues.
The trip, which came at the invitation of Iran's President Ebrahim Raeisi, was scheduled exactly a year after the Iranian president visited the Persian Gulf sultanate.
During President Raeisi’s trip to Muscat, a total of 12 cooperation agreements to boost cooperation between the two sides were signed.
Ezzeddine said Iran’s resistance against Western sanctions, which led to the defeat of Washington’s so-called “maximum pressure” campaign, was heralded as Tehran’s victory by regional states and prompted them to seek amelioration of relations with Iran.
“For the time being, the focus point in the region is efforts by Persian Gulf countries to improve ties with Iran, including the improvement of Saudi Arabia's relations with Iran, which was done with Oman's mediation in China and based on this country's soft diplomacy, as opposed to the harsh diplomacy of the United States, which led to war in the region and increased suffering of nations,” he remarked.