JAKARTA - Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Wednesday flew to Geneva, Switzerland to continue indirect nuclear talks with the United States on Thursday.
Iranian government spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani confirmed that Iran's indirect talks with the US would continue today.
"Negotiations will be held in Geneva tomorrow (today)," Mohajerani said at a press conference, adding that Iranian Foreign Ministry officials would report on the progress of the consultations, quoted by TASS (25/2).
Previously, the ISNA news agency said the third round of Iran-US consultations on resolving the crisis surrounding Iran's nuclear program would take place at the Oman diplomatic mission in Geneva on the morning of February 26.
Foreign Minister Araghchi, who acts as Iran's chief negotiator, was accompanied by a high-level delegation that included Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Majid Takht-Ravanchi, as well as a team of nuclear and legal experts, according to Iranian government media reports, quoted by Anadolu.
Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi, who is currently in the Swiss capital and gave a speech at the Geneva Disarmament Forum on Monday, will also join the delegation.
Meanwhile, the United States delegation, as in the previous round, will be led by US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
Tehran and Washington have held two rounds of indirect talks under Omani mediation since nuclear diplomacy resumed last month, following efforts by regional countries, including Turkey, to ease tensions.
After the previous round in Geneva - which followed the first round in Muscat - both sides gave positive assessments, agreeing on "guiding principles" that Iranian negotiators said could pave the way to a potential deal.
In a tweet on the social media company X on Tuesday night, Foreign Minister Araghchi said the Iranian delegation would head to Geneva "with the determination to reach a fair and equitable agreement in the shortest possible time."
He added that the new round of talks would be "based on the understanding reached in the previous rounds" in Muscat and Geneva.
Iran "under no circumstances will ever" develop nuclear weapons, Foreign Minister Araghchi said, stressing that the Iranian people would never give up their right to "utilize the benefits of peaceful nuclear technology for our people."
"We have a historic opportunity to reach an unprecedented agreement that addresses shared concerns and achieves shared interests," he said.
The talks come amid a significant increase in US military strength in the Persian Gulf region, along with a series of recent military exercises conducted by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Separately, US President Donald Trump, speaking to the US Congress on Tuesday, said he preferred to resolve disputes with Iran through diplomacy, although he did not rule out military action.
According to experts, Thursday's round of talks will be decisive and will determine the direction of future diplomacy between the two countries.
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