Oman's foreign minister says planned talks between Iran and the United States over Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program "will not now take place" after Israel's strikes targeting the Islamic Republic.

Israel's surprise attack on Iran had an obvious goal of sharply disrupting Tehran's nuclear programme and lengthening the time it would need to develop an atomic weapon.

The latest U.S.-Iran talks on Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program will not take place Sunday, mediator Oman said Saturday, as Israel and Iran traded blows a day after Israel's blistering attac...