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Iran and U.S. Head to Geneva for Third Round of Indirect Nuclear Talks

Tehran signals readiness for a deal under Omani mediation despite escalating U.S. pressure.

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In this handout photo obtained from the US Defense Department, the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and other ships sail in formation in the Arabian Sea on February 6.

Overview

  • Iran’s delegation led by Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi has traveled to Geneva for Thursday’s session, where U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are slated to participate in Oman-mediated, indirect talks.
  • Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian voiced a good outlook for the negotiations, and Araqchi said an agreement is within reach if diplomacy is prioritized.
  • The United States has expanded pressure by deploying additional carrier strike capacity, with the USS Gerald R. Ford joining the USS Abraham Lincoln, and by imposing new Treasury sanctions targeting Iran’s shadow fleet and missile supply networks.
  • President Trump set a roughly 10–15 day window for a decision and vowed Iran would never obtain a nuclear weapon, as Vice President JD Vance urged Tehran to take U.S. military threats seriously.
  • Iran warned it would retaliate against any U.S. strike and rejected U.S. claims about missile reach and protest death tolls as false, with independent estimates placing Iranian missile ranges far short of the continental United States.