Oman's Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi headed to mediate the latest round of nuclear talks between the U.S. and Iran in 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 programme, 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.

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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CARS CARRYING DELEGATIONS ARRIVING AT THE VENUE / EXTERIOR OF THE OMANI AMBASSADOR TO THE UN'S RESIDENCE IN GENEVA / OMAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER, BADR ALBUSAIDI, LEAVING HOTEL WILSON

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1. CARS CARRYING DELEGATIONS ARRIVING AT VENUE FOR U.S.-IRAN TALKS

2. MAN EXITING CAR

3. CARS ARRIVING

4. OMAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER BADR ALBUSAIDI LEAVING HOTEL PRESIDENT WILSON, WAVING AND SHOWING "THUMBS UP" SIGN AS REPORTER SHOUTS "ARE YOU HOPEFUL?", AMBASSADOR GETTING INTO CAR

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6. PEOPLE OUTSIDE HOTEL PRESIDENT WILSON

7. VARIOUS OF HOTEL PRESIDENT WILSON EXTERIORS

8. SEAGULLS FLYING OVER LAKE GENEVA

9. VARIOUS OF MAN FEEDING SEAGULLS

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10. VARIOUS OF POLICE WALKING ON STREET NEAR RESIDENCE OF OMAN'S AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS IN GENEVA

11. VARIOUS OF LAKE GENEVA OVERLOOKED BY THE ALPS

12. POLICE IN STREET

13. STREET SIGNS READING "CH. BROT / CH. PRIVÉ" ("BROT" PATH / PRIVATE PATH)

14. VARIOUS OF POLICE IN STREET