STORY: Iran and United States delegations arrived for the latest round of talks near Geneva on Thursday (February 26) aimed at resolving their longstanding nuclear dispute and averting new U.S. strikes on Iran following a large-scale military buildup.

The two countries renewed negotiations this month, seeking to break a decades-long impasse over Tehran's nuclear program, which Washington, other Western states and Israel believe is aimed at building nuclear arms. Tehran denies this.

U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, will attend the indirect talks with Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, a U.S. official told Reuters. The meeting follows discussions in Geneva last week and will again be mediated by Oman's Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi.

Trump briefly laid out his case for a possible attack on Iran in his State of the Union speech on Tuesday (February 24), stressing that while he preferred a diplomatic solution, he would not allow Tehran to obtain a nuclear weapon.

He has deployed fighter jets, aircraft carrier strike groups as well as destroyers and cruisers in the region, hoping to pressure Iran into concessions.

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VIDEO SHOWS: DELEGATIONS FROM UNITED STATES AND IRAN ARRIVING FOR TALKS AT OMAN AMBASSADOR'S RESIDENCE NEAR GENEVA

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SHOWS: COLOGNY, SWITZERLAND (FEBRUARY 26, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. CONVOY OF UNITED STATES DELEGATION DRIVING BY POLICE IN STREET

2. VARIOUS OF U.S. CONVOY DRIVING IN STREET NEAR OMAN AMBASSADOR'S RESIDENCE

3. POLICE VANS PARKED

4. POLICE ON STREET/ AND POLICE CAR PASSING

5. VARIOUS OF IRANIAN DELEGATION CONVOY DRIVING BY POLICE IN STREET

6. VARIOUS OF IRANIAN CONVOY DRIVING IN STREET NEAR OMAN AMBASSADOR'S RESIDENCE (WHITE CAR IN FOREGROUND)

7. VARIOUS OF POLICE ON STREET