{"id":20353,"date":"2026-02-27T03:01:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T03:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/20353\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T03:01:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T03:01:11","slug":"most-intense-so-far-us-iran-conclude-latest-round-of-nuclear-talks-in-geneva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/20353\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Most intense so far&#8217;: US-Iran conclude latest round of nuclear talks in Geneva"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/oman39s-minister-of-foreign-affairs-sayyid-badr-bin-hamad-al-busaidi-right-holds-a-meeting-with-whit.png\" alt=\"'Most intense so far': US-Iran conclude latest round of nuclear talks in Geneva\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> Iran\u2019s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi described Thursday\u2019s talks with the United States in Geneva as the \u201cmost intense\u201d so far, signalling cautious optimism amid ongoing tensions over Tehran\u2019s nuclear programme and international sanctions.\u201cFurther progress has been made in our diplomatic engagement with the United States. This round of talks was the most intense so far,\u201d Araghchi said in a statement on X overnight. He added that negotiators had made \u201cvery good progress and entered into the elements of an agreement very seriously, both in the nuclear field and in the sanctions field.\u201dAraghchi declined to provide detailed specifics, saying only that Iran had \u201cvery clearly stated our demands.\u201d He noted \u201cevident seriousness\u201d on both sides to reach a negotiated solution. Technical teams are expected to continue discussions at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna on Monday, while another round of talks between Iran and the US could take place in less than a week.The talks come amid heightened regional tensions, with a significant US military presence in the Middle East and repeated warnings from President Donald Trump of potential strikes if negotiations fail.Oman\u2019s Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi, who mediated the Geneva talks, said there had been \u201csignificant progress in the negotiation\u201d without elaborating. Iranian state media reported that Tehran is determined to continue uranium enrichment, reject proposals to transfer material abroad, and push for the lifting of sanctions, signalling it is not prepared to meet all US demands.\u201cThe stakes could hardly be higher,\u201d Araghchi told India Today, warning that a US attack could trigger a regional conflict. \u201cSince the Americans&#8217; bases are scattered through different places in the region, then unfortunately perhaps the whole region would be engaged and be involved, so it is a very terrible scenario.\u201dExperts suggested the talks\u2019 continuation indicates potential common ground. Ali Vaez of the International Crisis Group said the US delegation\u2019s return to the table showed \u201cenough common ground between the two sides.\u201dLast year\u2019s negotiations collapsed following Israel\u2019s 12-day war against Iran in June and US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites. The current discussions, led by Araghchi for Iran and US envoy Steve Witkoff alongside Jared Kushner, were mediated by Oman and lasted several hours before adjournment.While Tehran maintains its nuclear programme is peaceful, Washington suspects Iran is positioning itself to rebuild aspects of its nuclear capacity. Failure of talks could leave the region on edge, with oil prices and the threat of broader conflict rising alongside military uncertainties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi described Thursday\u2019s talks with the United States in Geneva as the \u201cmost intense\u201d&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20354,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[65,12807,11235,13428,6390,4872],"class_list":{"0":"post-20353","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-geneva","8":"tag-geneva","9":"tag-geneva-nuclear-negotiations","10":"tag-iran-nuclear-programme","11":"tag-sanctions-relief-talks","12":"tag-uranium-enrichment","13":"tag-us-iran-nuclear-talks"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20353","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=20353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}