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Iran’s top diplomat to attend ‘indirect’ talks with US in Geneva, state-run IRNA news agency says

Feb 15, 2026, 8:02 AM | Updated: 9:48 am

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s top diplomat was traveling from Tehran on Sunday to Geneva where the second round of nuclear negotiations with the U.S. will take place, Iranian state media reported.

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and his delegation left for the Swiss capital after the first round of indirect talks took place in Oman last week. Oman will mediate the talks in Geneva, the IRNA state-run news agency reported on its Telegram channel.

Araghchi is also expected to meet with his Swiss and Omani counterparts, as well as the director general of the U.N.’s atomic watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency.

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