U . S . and Iran Hold Indirect Talks Over Iran Nuclear Program Amid Trump Threats to Attack

democracynow.org · Feb 26, 2026 · Collected from GDELT

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U.S. and Iranian negotiators have begun indirect negotiations in Geneva over Iran’s nuclear program after President Trump ordered the largest deployment of U.S. forces to the Middle East since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. Ahead of the talks, the Trump administration imposed new sanctions on 30 individuals accused of enabling Iran’s oil sales and weapons production. This comes as Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff, is claiming that Iran has enough fissile material to make a nuclear bomb within days, but several nuclear experts say that Iran’s nuclear program hasn’t advanced since U.S. and Israeli military strikes last June. This is Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. Abbas Araghchi: “We were negotiating last June, when Israel attacked us, and then the U.S. joined that attack. So that memory is still fresh for us. The wounds of that aggression is still alive in our minds. So we cannot forget that once we were negotiating with the U.S., and then they decided to attack us.” Meanwhile, independent journalist Aida Chavez is reporting that Democratic lawmakers on the House Foreign Affairs Committee are trying to prevent a vote on an Iran war powers resolution sponsored by Congressmembers Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie. The bill would require every member of Congress to go on the record about a potential U.S. war with Iran.