India, Feb. 5 -- Talks between Iran and the United States will be held Friday in Oman, Iranian media reported Wednesday as tensions remain high with Washington after Tehran's bloody crackdown on nationwide protests last month.

The semi-official 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 acknowledge 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 Tuesday and Iran attempted to st...