Iran and the United States held indirect talks Thursday in Geneva to try to reach a deal on Tehran’s nuclear program and potentially avert another war as the U.S. gathers a massive fleet of aircraft and warships in the Middle East.
Oman’s foreign minister said the talks had ended but “will resume soon.” There was no immediate comment from either American or Iranian officials. Analysts had been concerned that ending the talks without an immediate deal could spark U.S. military action against Iran.
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Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi, who has been mediating the negotiations. Badr al-Busaidi wrote on X that technical-level talks would take place next week in Vienna, home to the International Atomic Energy Agency. U.S. and Iranian officials did not immediatley comment.Iran has maintained that it wants the talks to focus solely on nuclear issues, while the U.S. pushes to halt Iran’s enrichment of uranium entirely. But Washington’s concerns go beyond Iran’s nuclear program to its ballistic missiles, support for proxy networks across the region and other issues.Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and U.S. special Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff held multiple rounds of talks last year that collapsed after Israel launched its war against Iran in June.