{"id":8627,"date":"2026-02-16T08:25:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T08:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/8627\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T08:25:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T08:25:04","slug":"irans-foreign-minister-to-hold-talks-with-iaea-chief-in-geneva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/8627\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s foreign minister to hold talks with IAEA chief in Geneva"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>16 February 2026 11:57<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has said that he is going to meet with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi for technical discussions ahead of a second round of nuclear talks with the United States scheduled for February 17 upon arrival to Geneva.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cJoined by nuclear experts, I will meet Rafael Grossi on Monday [February 16 &#8211; ed.] for deep technical discussion. Also meeting Badr Albusaidi ahead of diplomacy with U.S. on Tuesday [February 17 &#8211; ed.],&#8221; the foreign minister wrote on X, <a href=\"https:\/\/caliber.az\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Caliber.Az<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Joined by nuclear experts, I will meet <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rafaelmgrossi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@rafaelmgrossi<\/a> on Mon for deep technical discussion. Also meeting <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/badralbusaidi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@badralbusaidi<\/a> ahead of diplomacy with U.S. on Tues.<\/p>\n<p>I am in Geneva with real ideas to achieve a fair and equitable deal. <br \/>What is not on the table: submission before threats<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Seyed Abbas Araghchi (@araghchi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/araghchi\/status\/2023273878340989182?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He noted that he is in Geneva &#8220;with real ideas to achieve a fair and equitable deal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;What is not on the table: submission before threats,\u201d Araghchi said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Earlier in February, the US and Iran held indirect talks in Oman. Iran\u2019s UN ambassador, Kamal Kharrazi Takht-Ravanchi, described the initial discussions as \u201cmore or less in a positive direction\u201d but cautioned that it was \u201ctoo early to judge\u201d the overall outcome.<\/p>\n<p>By Sabina Mammadli<\/p>\n<p>Caliber.Az<\/p>\n<p>Read more about the key topics in this news story.<\/p>\n<p>Views: 42<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"16 February 2026 11:57 Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has said that he is going to meet&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8628,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1031,1037,1036,65,1032,1035,1030,1034,1033,1029],"class_list":{"0":"post-8627","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-geneva","8":"tag-analysis-of-azerbaijan","9":"tag-azerbaijan","10":"tag-baku","11":"tag-geneva","12":"tag-important-news-of-azerbaijan","13":"tag-international-experts","14":"tag-interviews","15":"tag-interviews-with-azerbaijani-analysts","16":"tag-news-from-baku","17":"tag-news-of-azerbaijan"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8627","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=8627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}