Overview
- Indirect talks in Geneva produced a broad understanding on guiding principles, with both sides calling the session more constructive than the earlier February round.
- Oman mediated between Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi and US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, and a US official said Iran will return with a new proposal in roughly two weeks.
- Iran’s Revolutionary Guard conducted live‑fire drills, temporarily closed parts of the Strait of Hormuz for “security precautions,” and reported missile strikes on designated targets.
- The United States reinforced the region with a second aircraft carrier as President Trump warned of consequences if diplomacy fails, while Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Iran has weapons capable of sinking a warship.
- Araghchi met IAEA chief Rafael Grossi as the watchdog presses for access and answers on a 440 kg stockpile of highly enriched uranium, and Tehran restated that enrichment will continue and missiles are not up for negotiation in any sanctions‑relief deal.