Araghchi leaves for Geneva to begin a second round of discussions with the United States

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Araghchi leaves for Geneva to begin a second round of discussions with the United States

Leave Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi returned to his country this Sunday evening to Geneva to begin the second round of discussions with The United States, according to what the Iranian Foreign Ministry reported.
The ministry said in a statement that Araqchi "He left Tehran for Geneva on Sunday evening at the head of a diplomatic and technical delegation to conduct the second round of nuclear discussions and hold a series of diplomatic consultations."explaining that these discussions "Indirect" It will be held on Tuesday, mediated by the Sultanate of Oman.
During his visit to Geneva, Araghchi is expected to hold talks with his Swiss and Omani counterparts, in addition to the director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, and other international officials, according to a Foreign Ministry statement.

Washington’s threat of military action

Tehran and Washington resumed their negotiations in Muscat on February 6, months after the collapse of the previous talks after Israel launched a war on Iran Last June, they lasted 12 days.
The latest talks came in light of Washington’s threat to Tehran with military action, and its deployment of an aircraft carrier and its military group in the region following a bloody crackdown on protests against the Iranian authorities last month.

Araqchi led the Iranian negotiating delegation in Muscat, and held indirect discussions with the American delegation led by Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. Son-in-law of President Donald Trump.
Iran insists that discussions be limited to the nuclear file, which Western countries suspect is aimed at developing an atomic weapon, something Tehran always denies.
On the other hand, American and Western officials spoke of the need for any agreement with the Islamic Republic to include research into its ballistics program and its support for armed groups in the region.