Washington, DC, USA – The United States and Iran will hold a second round of nuclear talks in Geneva, Switzerland on February 17 with President Donald Trump insisting that any deal must require zero uranium enrichment.

A source told Reuters on Saturday that US Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner will lead the American delegation, while Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is expected to head Tehran’s team.

Oman will mediate, with Foreign Minister H E Sayyid Badr al Busaidi attending.

The Geneva meeting will build on indirect talks in Muscat on February 6, which both sides described as a constructive start despite differences. Tehran maintains that negotiations must focus solely on the nuclear programme and rejects limits on its missile capabilities, while the Trump administration is pressing for broader concessions, including halting enrichment and ending support for regional allies such as Lebanon’s Hezbollah, Yemen’s Houthis and armed groups in Iraq.

The US military is preparing for the possibility of sustained operations against Iran that could last weeks if Trump orders a strike, Reuters also reported. Earlier, he announced that the USS Gerald R Ford strike group will join the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Middle East, reinforcing American presence, after his February 11 meeting at the White House with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“Either we will make a deal or we will have to do something very tough,” Trump earlier told the news website Axios.