Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) – International Service: Reuters news agency wrote this morning (Saturday, February 14) citing a person who introduced him as an “informed source”, that two separate rounds of diplomatic talks are planned in Geneva, Switzerland on Tuesday: one on Iranian issues and the other on the war in Ukraine and Russia.
According to Reuters, the US delegation, including Steve Whitaker (Trump’s special envoy) and Jared Kushner (Donald Trump’s son-in-law), will meet with Iranian officials on Tuesday morning.
Representatives from Oman will also be present in Geneva as mediators in this round of talks.
After this morning meeting with the Iranian side, the same American delegation (Witkoff and Kushner) will participate in trilateral talks with representatives of Russia and Ukraine in the afternoon.
Reuters did not disclose further details, such as the exact location of the meeting in Geneva, the names of the Iranian officials present, the exact focus of the negotiations with Iran, or the expected results, and only referred to the planning of these meetings, citing this informed source.
So far, no official Iranian source has denied or confirmed the Reuters news.
A new round of indirect talks between Iran and the United States was held on February 8 in Muscat, the capital of Oman, and the talks were mediated by Omani Foreign Minister Badr bin Hamad al-Busaid. In this framework, the delegations of the two sides were located in separate locations and messages were exchanged through an Omani intermediary; a model that had previously been tested at some points of tension between Tehran and Washington.
According to Iranian officials, only the nuclear issue has been raised in these talks, and no discussion has been raised about Iran’s missile capabilities or support for resistance groups, and there will be none.
In this regard, Admiral Ali Shamkhani, Secretary of the Iranian Defense Council, announced in an interview with Al Jazeera yesterday that Iran’s missile capabilities are part of the country’s defense red lines and are not negotiable under any circumstances.
Tehran has also stated that its goal in entering indirect talks is to lift oppressive sanctions.
According to Iranian officials, the official position of the Islamic Republic of Iran is based on the “effective and verifiable lifting of all sanctions that are inconsistent with previous agreements.” Tehran has emphasized that its nuclear program is peaceful in nature and that any new agreement will only be acceptable if it brings tangible economic benefits to the country.
Meanwhile, while Iranian officials have adopted a unified, unified, and clear position, on the other side, we are witnessing more than anything else the media and political maneuvers and contradictions of Donald Trump, who has relied more than anything else on military threats to gain concessions in negotiations.