Second Round of US-Iran Negotiations Set for 17 February in Geneva
Geneva - The second round of nuclear negotiations between the United States and Iran is scheduled for Tuesday (17/2) in Geneva, Switzerland. Oman, which hosted the first round, will continue to serve as mediator for the second round of the Washington-Tehran nuclear talks.
The second round follows the first, held in Muscat, the capital of Oman, on 6 February, which concluded with an agreement by both nations to continue negotiations.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, as reported by AFP and Anadolu Agency on Monday (16/2/2026), departed from Tehran for Geneva on Sunday (15/2) local time.
Araghchi is leading a diplomatic delegation and experts to the Swiss city, where according to Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he is also scheduled to hold a series of consultations on the sidelines of the negotiations.
“Araghchi departed from Tehran for Geneva on Sunday (15/2) evening, leading a diplomatic and technical delegation to conduct the second round of nuclear negotiations and hold a number of diplomatic consultations,” Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.
“Indirect nuclear negotiations between Iran and the US will be held on Tuesday (17/2) with the mediation and good offices of Oman,” the statement added.
According to Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Araghchi will meet with Swiss Federal Councillor for Foreign Affairs Ignazio Cassis and Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi, as well as the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the United Nations nuclear watchdog, and other international officials based in Switzerland.
The second round of nuclear negotiations comes after Tehran and Washington resumed talks that had stalled due to the war launched by Israel against Iran in June last year.
The latest negotiations follow US threats of military action against Iran and the deployment of its aircraft carrier group to the Middle East region, in the wake of a brutal crackdown on anti-government protests in Tehran last month.
The first round of nuclear negotiations on 6 February was held indirectly with Omani mediation, between Araghchi leading the Iranian delegation and US Special Envoy for the Middle East Steve Witkoff, along with the influential son-in-law of US President Donald Trump, Jared Kushner.
Switzerland, the venue for the second round, is known to have played a key role in diplomatic relations between Iran and the US for several decades. The country has represented US interests in Iran since Washington severed ties with Tehran following the hostage crisis of 1980, a year after the Iranian revolution.