{"id":20180,"date":"2026-02-26T21:03:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T21:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/20180\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T21:03:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T21:03:07","slug":"irans-araghchi-hails-most-serious-geneva-talks-as-trump-weighs-next-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/20180\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran&#8217;s Araghchi hails \u2018most serious\u2019 Geneva talks as Trump weighs next move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                            2026-02-26T20:38:32+00:00<\/p>\n<p>                                    font<\/p>\n<p>                                            Enable Reading Mode<\/p>\n<p>\n                                        A-<br \/>\n                                        A<br \/>\n                                        A+\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>Shafaq News- Geneva<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Thursday\u2019s nuclear talks in Geneva were \u201camong the most serious\u201d ever held with the United States, announcing further technical negotiations on Monday in Vienna.<\/p>\n<p>Araghchi told reporters after the session that \u201cgood progress\u201d had been made on both the nuclear file and sanctions relief, with agreement on several points while differences remain. \u201cTehran clearly outlined its demands, particularly the lifting of US and UN Security Council sanctions,\u201d he continued, adding that both sides would now consult their respective governments.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Omani Foreign Minister Badr Al-Busaidi confirmed the third round of indirect talks had <a href=\"https:\/\/shafaq.com\/en\/Middle-East\/Geneva-talks-conclude-technical-round-set-for-Vienna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">concluded<\/a> with \u201csignificant progress,\u201d adding that consultations in Washington and Tehran would precede next week\u2019s Vienna meeting.<\/p>\n<p>A senior US official told Axios the talks were \u201cpositive,\u201d though without elaborating. However, the outlet reported that President Donald Trump could \u201corder military action\u201d if envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner conclude no breakthrough was achieved.<\/p>\n<p>According to Axios, the US delegation was initially \u201cdisappointed\u201d by Iran\u2019s positions during the morning session. The discussions, held in both indirect and limited direct formats, included participation by Al-Busaidi and IAEA chief Rafael Grossi.<\/p>\n<p>Iran presented its draft proposal during the morning talks. An Iranian official told Al Jazeera that Tehran rejects permanently ending uranium enrichment, dismantling nuclear facilities, or exporting enriched stockpiles. Instead, the proposal envisions reducing enrichment levels and stockpiles under IAEA supervision.<\/p>\n<p>Washington entered the talks demanding that any future agreement remain indefinite and that Iran relinquish its stockpile of roughly 10,000 kilograms of enriched uranium.<\/p>\n<p>Senior Iranian adviser Ali Shamkhani wrote on X during the talks that if Washington\u2019s core demand is a formal declaration that Iran does not seek a nuclear weapon, it aligns with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei\u2019s religious decree and Iran\u2019s defensive doctrine. He added that Araghchi has \u201csufficient authority\u201d to finalize a deal.<\/p>\n<p>The Geneva meeting marked the third round of talks in recent weeks and is widely viewed within the Trump administration as a decisive test of diplomacy before any potential escalation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shafaq.com\/en\/Report\/US-Iran-Geneva-talks-begin-under-shadow-of-indefinite-deal-and-escalation-risks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read more: US-Iran Geneva talks begin under shadow of \u2018indefinite\u2019 deal and escalation risks<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026-02-26T20:38:32+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Geneva Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Thursday\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20181,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7],"tags":[1979,65,3188,13330,6044,714],"class_list":["post-20180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-geneva","tag-breaking","tag-geneva","tag-iran","tag-irans-araghchi-hails-most-serious-geneva-talks-as-trump-weighs-next-move","tag-nuclear-talks","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20180\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}