Iran-US tensions LIVE: The second round of negotiations between Iran and the United States ended Tuesday with mediation by Oman. During the talks, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei declared that Washington “will not succeed” in destroying Tehran.

GENEVA, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Iran and the United States reached an understanding on Tuesday on main "guiding principles" in ⁠talks aimed ⁠at resolving their longstanding nuclear dispute, but that does not mean ⁠a deal is imminent, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said.

In a Fox News interview, US Vice President JD Vance said the Trump administration "would like to resolve this through a conversation and a diplomatic negotiation."

The United States and Iran resumed their negotiations in Geneva on Tuesday, with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi saying general agreement on "a set of guiding principles" had been reached.

As indirect nuclear talks between Iran and the United States began in Geneva, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued sharp warnings to Washington, claiming Iran could strike U.S. military forces hard if threatened.

Trump threatens of “Traumatic Consequences” after pressure from Netanyahu on nuke deal. President Donald Trump issues a stark warning to Iran as nuclear negotiations face mounting pressure. Following talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,

Iran's top diplomat has held talks with the U.N. nuclear watchdog in Geneva before a second round of negotiations between the U.S. and Iran.

Will he or won’t he? The world wonders if Donald Trump will attack Iran as the US continues its military build-up around West Asia. A massive ‘armada’, led by the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier,

Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned Donald Trump, who keeps threatening that the United States has sent a warship towards Iran, saying that more threatening than that is the piece of weapon that can send that ship into the bottom of the sea.

The U.S. military reportedly used Anthropic’s AI model Claude in a secret operation to capture former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, marking one of the first known uses of commercial AI in a classified mission.

Trump has said he is dispatching a second aircraft carrier to the Middle East that could be used for military strikes against Iran if negotiations fail with Tehran. Trump has said he prefers diplomacy and will give talks two months before possible military action.