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Iran Digs In on Enrichment as U.S.–Iran Talks Resume Under Omani Mediation

Tehran’s declared red lines on enrichment plus missiles test Omani efforts to keep negotiations moving.

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An aerial view of the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group while operating at the Arabian Sea, escorted by two military replenishment ships and two U.S. Coast Guard vessels, as fighter jets from Carrier Air Wing Nine conducted flight operations overhead in the Arabian Sea, on February 6, 2026.
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Overview

  • U.S. and Iranian delegations held indirect talks in Muscat on February 6, which both sides described as a good start without setting a date for a follow‑up round.
  • Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran will never give up uranium enrichment, called zero enrichment unacceptable, and ruled the missile program off‑limits to the talks.
  • Araghchi warned that any U.S. attack would prompt strikes on American bases in the region, while also saying Iran could consider confidence‑building steps confined to the nuclear file.
  • Washington reinforced pressure after the talks with new sanctions on Iran’s oil trade and an executive order imposing tariffs, as envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner visited the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier with CENTCOM’s chief.
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to meet President Donald Trump in Washington on February 11 to discuss the negotiations with Iran.