Photograph: Costas Metaxakis/AFP via GettyThe US and Iran have made “significant progress” in talks over Tehran’s nuclear programme and will meet again, Oman’s foreign minister said at the conclusion of daylong negotiations between the two arch-foes in Geneva. He added that “significant and pragmatic initiatives” were raised regarding both Iran’s nuclear programme and the lifting of US sanctions, something Tehran maintains is essential for any sustainable and mutually acceptable deal. US secretary of state Marco Rubio had said on Wednesday that talks would be “largely focused on the nuclear programme”. Rubio’s comments came a day after Trump accused Tehran of harbouring “sinister” intentions regarding its nuclear programme. Trump last year claimed to have “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear programme when the US briefly joined Israel’s 12-day war with the Islamic republic.

Source: The Irish Times February 26, 2026 22:36 UTC