Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has left Tehran for the Swiss city of Geneva to take part in a second round of indirect nuclear talks with the United States.

Heading a diplomatic and expert delegation, Araghchi traveled to Geneva on Sunday, where he is also scheduled to hold diplomatic consultations.

A second round of talks between the Iranian and American delegations is set to take place in Geneva on Tuesday, with representatives from Oman acting as mediators.

The top Iranian diplomat plans to hold meetings with his Swiss and Omani counterparts, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and several international officials based in Switzerland, according to the Iranian Foreign Ministry.

Before his departure, Araghchi briefed the Iranian cabinet about the latest status of the indirect talks.

Iranian and American delegations, led by Araghchi and US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, resumed nuclear talks in Muscat on February 6, months after Israel`s aggression of June 2025.

Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Al Busaidi was shuttling between the sides, with the talks being held indirectly as before.

Speaking at the end of the Omani-mediated talks, the Iranian foreign minister said the negotiations with the United States were a "good start" and could be continued.

Iran`s main demand in Muscat remains the effective and verifiable lifting of economic sanctions. Officials in Tehran have repeatedly stated that any agreement without tangible economic benefit would be meaningless in practice.

The negotiations will take place as US President Donald Trump has deployed military forces to the region, heightening concerns about possible new military action. US officials said on February 12 that the Pentagon was sending an additional aircraft carrier to the region, adding thousands more troops along with fighter aircraft and guided-missile destroyers.

In late January, Trump spoke of "another beautiful armada" of warships heading toward Iran and claimed that failure to reach a deal would bring consequences "far worse" than the June strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.

Anti-war organizations, however, caution that another confrontation would be disastrous, pointing to the 12-Day War in June 2025 as a stark example.