Iran-US tensions: Trump is ‘not happy’ with Iran talks, urges 'no enrichment' | Highlights
US President Donald Trump said that he was "not happy" with the progress of negotiations with Iran over its nuclear programme and that he does not want any enrichment for Iran.
US Iran tensions live updates: US President Donald Trump said that he was "not happy" with the progress of negotiations with Iran over its nuclear programme and that he does not want any enrichment for Iran....Read More
US secretary of state Marco Rubio said on Friday that he has designated Iran as a state sponsor of wrongful detention. The department has also warned Americans not to travel to the country and has urged all American nationals in Iran to leave immediately.
Turk on Friday said he was "extremely alarmed" at the risk of a regional escalation around Iran. "I am extremely alarmed about the potential for regional military escalation and its impact on civilians, and I hope the voice of reason prevails," Turk was quoted as saying by AFP.
While Iran and mediator Oman showed optimism over talks with the US in Geneva on Thursday saying great progress had been made, the same wasn't true for the American side.
Reports said that US representatives, including Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, left Geneva rather ‘disappointed’ as they were not happy with the progress of the talks.
Earlier, US President Donald Trump's claim that Iran is developing missiles that could hit the US came under scanner as the claim is unsupported by the US intelligence, Reuters reported quoting sources. During his State of the Union address on Tuesday, Trump had said that Iran missiles threaten the US as he sharpened the pitch against Tehran saying he wouldn't allow it to have nuclear weapons, dubbing Iran as 'world's no. 1 sponsor of terrorism'.
Meanwhile, Oman's foreign minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi is likely to meet US vice president in Washington on Friday as Oman is mediating the talks between the two sides. The meeting comes a day after the conclusion of third round of talks between Tehran and Washington in Geneva on Thursday as the threat of US attack on Iran looms, though the talks showed some progress, according to reports.
Geneva talks conclude without a deal: Top points
- The talks between Washington and Tehran were held in Geneva, Switzerland on Thursday, though a breakthrough between Iran and US continues to remain out of sight.
- The negotiations will resume after consultations and technical-level discussions, scheduled to take place next week in Vienna, Badr Albusaidi said earlier.
- Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi told state TV that the talks "made very good progress and entered into the elements of an agreement very seriously, both in the nuclear field and in the sanctions field".
- Araghchi also hinted at the next round of negotiations "perhaps less than a week", with technical talks at the UN's nuclear agency to begin in Vienna on Monday.
- Albusaidi said technical talks involving lower-level representatives would continue next week in Vienna, the home of the International Atomic Energy Agency. The United Nations' atomic watchdog likely would be critical in any deal.
- While the immediate threat from US on Iran may have been averted with the latest round of negotiations, US President Donald Trump had last Thursday set a deadline of 15 days for Iran to reach a deal.
- Iran has insisted the discussions focus solely on its nuclear programme, the US wants Tehran's missile programme and its support for militant groups in the region curtailed.
Iran firm on not accepting Trump's terms
Even before the talks concluded on Thursday, Iranian state television reported that Tehran was determined to continue enriching uranium, rejected proposals to transfer it abroad and sought the lifting of international sanctions, indicating it was not prepared to meet Trump's demands, the Associated Press reported.
Inside Iran-US talks in Geneva
The American delegation were leaving Geneva disappointed with the progress of the talks, Bloomberg reported, adding that Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff were disappointed by what they heard from Iranian officials in their morning session in Geneva on Thursday. Officials from Iran and mediator Oman were more upbeat. Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi hailed “significant progress” in a post on X. Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi told state TV that technical teams would meet in Vienna starting Monday, together with experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency. The political talks will resume later next week after consultations in each country’s capital, he added.
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- 28 Feb 2026, 06:14:20 AM IST
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- 28 Feb 2026, 05:50:52 AM IST
US Iran tensions live updates: Oman says Iran agreed not to stockpile enriched uranium
US Iran tensions live updates: Iran agreed in talks with the United States never to stockpile enriched uranium, mediator Oman's top diplomat said on Friday, in what he called a breakthrough that he hoped would prevent war.
"This is something completely new. It really makes the enrichment argument less relevant, because now we are talking about zero stockpiling," Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi told CBS News program "Face the Nation."
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- 28 Feb 2026, 04:08:19 AM IST
US Iran tensions live updates: Trump ‘not happy’ with Iran nuclear talks
US Iran tensions live updates: Trump said on Friday that he's “not happy” with the latest talks over Iran's nuclear program but indicated he would give negotiators more time to reach a deal to avert another war in the Middle East.
“I’m not happy with the fact that they’re not willing to give us what we have to have. I’m not thrilled with that. We’ll see what happens. We’re talking later,” Trump told reporters as he left the White House on Friday. “We’re not exactly happy with the way they’re negotiating. They cannot have nuclear weapons."
- 28 Feb 2026, 02:51:04 AM IST
US Iran tensions live updates: America designates Iran as ‘sponsor of wrongful detention'
US Iran tensions live updates: US secretary of state Marco Rubio said on Friday that he has designated Iran as a state sponsor of wrongful detention.
"The Iranian regime must stop taking hostages and release all Americans unjustly detained in Iran, steps that could end this designation and associated actions," Rubio said in a statement.
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- 28 Feb 2026, 02:13:43 AM IST
US Iran tensions live updates: ‘Sometimes you have to use force’, says Trump
US Iran tensions live updates: US President Donald Trump expressed disappointment over negotiations between Washington and Tehran on Iran’s nuclear programme and warned that "sometimes you have to use force," as a large US military presence in the region raised the possibility of strikes on the Islamic Republic.
"They cannot have nuclear weapons. And we're not thrilled with the way they're negotiating. We'll see how it all works out," Trump told reporters as he left the White House for a trip to Texas.
- 28 Feb 2026, 01:33:47 AM IST
US Iran tensions live updates: Istanbul flights to Tehran cancelled
US Iran tensions live updates: Three flights from Istanbul to Tehran were cancelled on Friday, according to data from Istanbul Airport.
They comprised a Turkish Airlines flight departing at 10:15 p.m. (1915 GMT), an ATA Airlines flight and a Qeshm Air flight, the data showed.
The US has a massive military presence in the Middle East waiting on Trump's order to attack Iran if there is no satisfactory result in talks with Tehran over its nuclear programme.
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- 28 Feb 2026, 12:05:30 AM IST
US Iran tensions live updates: Trump says 'not thrilled' with Tehran
US Iran tensions live updates: US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he was frustrated by Iran's position in talks but said he had not yet decided whether to carry out a threatened attack.
"I'm not happy with the fact that they're not willing to give us what we have to have. So I'm not thrilled," Trump told reporters.
- 27 Feb 2026, 10:53:28 PM IST
US Iran tensions live updates: Hidden camera video details alleged Iran-linked plot to assassinate Donald Trump
US Iran tensions live updates: A covertly recorded video played in a Brooklyn courtroom shows an alleged Iran-linked operative outlining what prosecutors describe as a 2024 plot to assassinate Donald Trump.
According to prosecutors, the man, identified as Asif Merchant, attempted to hire two individuals to carry out the killing, offering $5,000 upfront. In the footage, first reported by the New York Post,
Merchant is seen placing a vape pen on a napkin to represent his intended “target” as he explains the plan.
“This is the target. How will it die?” he is heard saying during the recorded meeting.
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- 27 Feb 2026, 10:38:56 PM IST
US Iran tensions live updates: France warns citizens against travel to Israel amid escalating regional tensions
US Iran tensions live updates: The French foreign ministry on Friday issued a travel advisory urging its citizens to avoid travelling to Israel, citing heightened security risks amid escalating tensions in the region.
The advisory comes as concerns grow over the deteriorating situation and potential instability.
- 27 Feb 2026, 07:41:50 PM IST
US Iran tensions live updates: Technical discussions on Iran's nuclear programme to take place next week
US Iran tensions live updates: “Technical' discussions on Iran's nuclear programme to take place next week”, states IAEA report, AFP reported.
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- 27 Feb 2026, 07:25:37 PM IST
US Iran tensions live updates: US refueling tankers land at Ben Gurion as military buildup grows
US Iran tensions live updates: At least nine US Air Force refueling aircraft arrived overnight at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport, according to footage and open-source flight data tracked by analysts, the Times of Israel reported.
The report said the latest arrivals bring the total number of US refueling tankers at the airport to at least 14, describing the deployments as part of a broader US military buildup in the region.
It added that 11 F-22 stealth fighter jets, along with support aircraft, landed earlier this week at Ovda Airbase in southern Israel.
The tankers could be used to support US fighter jets operating from the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier, which is heading toward Israel’s northern coast, the report said.
- 27 Feb 2026, 06:40:13 PM IST
US Iran tensions live updates: Iran navy flotilla returns after 100-day, 13,000-nautical-mile mission
US Iran tensions live updates: An Iranian navy flotilla has returned to the country’s territorial waters after completing a 100-day mission spanning nearly 13,000 nautical miles, state media reported.
Flotilla 103, comprising the Makran forward base ship and the Bayandor-class corvette IRIS Naghdi from the regular navy, along with the Shahid Mahdavi warship of the Revolutionary Guards navy, docked at the southeastern port of Konarak, according to the report.
The mission began in early December, with the flotilla participating in the international “Exercise for Peace” drill in South Africa, state media said.
Flotilla commander Captain Emad Nejad Moridi said nine countries took part in the exercise. Despite what he described as attempts to block Iran’s participation, the flotilla maintained an “effective and strong presence” through active naval diplomacy.
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- 27 Feb 2026, 06:00:24 PM IST
US Iran tensions live updates: Iran cleric warns war ‘on the table’ if talks with US fail
US Iran tensions live updates: A senior Iranian cleric on Friday said that war remains a possible option if ongoing indirect negotiations with the United States do not yield results.
Lotfollah Dezhkam, the representative of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Fars province, was quoted by Iranian state media as saying that “not every negotiation necessarily leads to a result. If negotiations do not succeed, the next option, which is war, is on our table.”
He asserted that Iran is negotiating “from a position of power” and stressed that dialogue is meaningful only if the other side recognises the potential consequences of conflict.
“No one says we want to solve the issue only through negotiation, but talks are held to complete the argument,” he added.
- 27 Feb 2026, 05:19:33 PM IST
US Iran tensions live updates: China asks citizens to avoid travel to Iran amid security concerns
US Iran tensions live updates: China has advised its citizens to refrain from travelling to Iran, citing safety concerns as tensions escalate in the region.
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- 27 Feb 2026, 05:03:48 PM IST
US Iran tensions live updates: Iran will not suspend Uranium enrichment, Tehran cleric says amid US talks
US Iran tensions live updates: Iran will never agree to suspend its uranium enrichment programme, Tehran’s Friday prayer leader said, as indirect negotiations with the United States continue.
Senior cleric Ahmad Khatami declared that halting enrichment was “impossible” and insisted the Islamic Republic had never accepted such a demand and would not do so now.
Referring to US President Donald Trump as a “contemporary Pharaoh,” Khatami accused him of trying to impose his will by force, according to Iranian state media.
He added that in the event of a conflict, the outcome would favour “the side of truth,” and said Iranians would choose “death with dignity” over “life with humiliation.”
- 27 Feb 2026, 03:29:00 PM IST
US Iran tensions live updates: US ambassador urges embassy staff in Israel to leave immediately if they want to go
US Iran tensions live updates: US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee told staff at the US Embassy in Jerusalem that anyone who wants to leave the country amid rising security concerns should do so “today,” according to a report.
In an email sent to mission employees on Friday morning, Huckabee advised those wishing to depart to secure seats on outbound flights from Ben-Gurion Airport as soon as possible.
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- 27 Feb 2026, 03:11:47 PM IST
US Iran tensions live updates: US authorizes voluntary departure of non-essential staff from Israel amid security concerns
US Iran tensions live updates: The United States has authorized the voluntary departure of non-emergency government personnel and their family members from Israel, citing rising security risks, the State Department said in an updated travel advisory on Friday.
The department warned that the US Embassy could further restrict or bar travel by American government employees to certain areas, including parts of Israel, Jerusalem’s Old City and the West Bank, without prior notice.
The advisory urged US citizens to reconsider travel to Israel and the West Bank due to terrorism and civil unrest, and advised against any travel to Gaza because of ongoing armed conflict. It also cautioned against travel within 4 km of the Lebanese and Syrian borders and within 11.3 km of the Gaza demarcation line.
Describing the security environment as complex and fluid, the department said violence could erupt without warning and urged Americans in Israel to stay alert, avoid demonstrations and review their emergency plans.
- 27 Feb 2026, 02:34:22 PM IST
US Iran tensions live updates: Iran inching closer to Trump's deadline
US Iran tensions live updates: Iran is just left with a few more days before US President Donald Trump's deadline over 15 days to reach a deal ends. Trump had set the deadline last week and Thursday's Geneva talks also failed to reach a deal. All eyes will now be on talks in Vienna next week.
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- 27 Feb 2026, 02:31:28 PM IST
US Iran tensions live updates: What demands has the US made
US Iran tensions live updates: As Iran said that US must drop ‘excessive demands’ reports said that US team had some tough demands for the Iranians during the talks which included that they destroy the three main nuclear sites at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan. The US also said any nuclear deal must last forever and not have so-called sunset clauses, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing US officials.
- 27 Feb 2026, 02:15:44 PM IST
US Iran tensions live updates: Won’t allow highly enriched uranium to be moved out of the country, says Iran
US Iran tensions live updates: Iran said it won’t allow any of its highly enriched uranium to be moved out of the country, Press TV said, citing Esmail Baghaei, a spokesman for Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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- 27 Feb 2026, 01:56:02 PM IST
US Iran tensions live updates: Inside Iran-US talks in Geneva
US Iran tensions live updates: The American delegation were leaving Geneva disappointed with the progress of the talks, Bloomberg reported, adding that Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff were disappointed by what they heard from Iranian officials in their morning session in Geneva on Thursday. Officials from Iran and mediator Oman were more upbeat. Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi hailed “significant progress” in a post on X. Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi told state TV that technical teams would meet in Vienna starting Monday, together with experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency. The political talks will resume later next week after consultations in each country’s capital, he added.
- 27 Feb 2026, 01:36:38 PM IST
US Iran tensions live updates: Iran foreign minister's ‘excessive demands’ remark
US Iran tensions live updates: Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said on Friday that in order to reach a deal, the United States will have to drop its “excessive demands”. The remark comes after the Geneva talks ended without a deal, though on a positive note.
In a phone call with Egypt's top diplomat Badr Abdelatty, Araghchi said "success in this path requires seriousness and realism from the other side and avoidance of any miscalculation and excessive demands."
Via AFP
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- 27 Feb 2026, 01:17:58 PM IST
US Iran tensions live updates: Iran asks US to 'drop excessive demands' ahead of talks in Vienna
US Iran tensions live updates: Iran on Friday urged US to 'drop excessive demands' ahead of another round of talks in Vienna next week.
- 27 Feb 2026, 12:45:41 PM IST
US Iran tensions live updates: What next after Geneva talks
US Iran tensions live updates: As the Geneva talks ended on a positive note, though without a deal to end the stalemate between US and Iran, another round of talks is reportedly going to be held in Vienna next week. The talks are being moderated by Oman.
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- 27 Feb 2026, 12:34:38 PM IST
US Iran tensions live updates: Timeline of Iran-US talks so far
US Iran tensions live updates: Tehran and Washington have sat through three rounds of talks, mediated by Oman, so far this year in a attempt to avert a war-like situation.
- First round of talks was held on February 6 in Oman.
- Oman talks were followed by another round on February 17 in Geneva
- Third round of talks was held in Geneva on Thursday and has shown most progress so far. Iran also said the talks were the ‘longest and most serious’ so far.
- 27 Feb 2026, 11:59:44 AM IST
US Iran tensions live updates: Talks in Vienna next week
US Iran tensions live updates: US and Iran will hold talks in Vienna next week, Oman's foreign minister Albusaidi has said. The technical talks involving lower-level representatives would continue in Vienna, the home of the International Atomic Energy Agency, even as negotiations in Geneva on Thursday ended without a deal to end the stalemate over Iran's nuclear programme between Tehran and Washington.
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- 27 Feb 2026, 11:54:26 AM IST
US Iran tensions live updates: Oman's foreign minister to meet JD Vance in Washington today: Report
US Iran tensions live updates: Oman's foreign minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi is likely to meet US vice president JD Vance in Washington on Friday as Oman is mediating the talks between the two sides.
via Reuters
- 27 Feb 2026, 11:51:04 AM IST
US Iran tensions live updates: Who all participated in Geneva talks
US Iran tensions live updates: The talks between Washington and Tehran in Geneva on Thursday were mediated by Oman, represented by foreign minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi. From Iran, foreign minister Abbas Araghchi participated in the indirect talks, while US was represented by Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law Jared Kushner. UN nuclear chief Rafael Grossi joined the negotiations, AFP reported, quoting sources.
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- 27 Feb 2026, 10:46:02 AM IST
US Iran tensions live updates: Why has led to doubts over Trump's Iran missile claim
US Iran tensions live updates: Trump's claim that Iran is working on missiles that could reach the US has come under doubts after sources quoted by Reuters said the claim was not backed by the US intelligence. The report further said that there have been no changes to an unclassified 2025 U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency assessment that Iran could take until 2035 to develop a "militarily viable intercontinental ballistic missile" (ICBM) from its existing satellite-lofting space-launch vehicles (SLV).
Reuters quoted a source saying that even if China or North Korea provided technological assistance, Iran would probably take up to eight years at the earliest to produce "something that is actually ICBM level and operational."
- 27 Feb 2026, 10:40:59 AM IST
US Iran tensions live updates: What Trump said on Iran missiles, a claim now under doubts
US Iran tensions live updates: On Tuesday in his State of the Union address to Congress, Trump began making his case to the American public for why the US could launch strikes against Iran, saying Tehran was “working on missiles that will soon reach” the US.
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- 27 Feb 2026, 10:20:11 AM IST
US Iran tensions live updates: Tehran says Geneva talks ‘longest, most serious’ round of negotiations
US Iran tensions live updates: Tehran called the Geneva talks that concluded on Thursday as most serious so far. The remarks were made by Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi. He added that the talks concluded with the ‘mutual understanding that we will continue to engage in a more detailed manner on matters that are essential to any deal’.
- 27 Feb 2026, 09:39:15 AM IST
US Iran tensions live updates: Doubts raised over Trump's Iran missile claim
US Iran tensions live updates: Trump’s claim that Iran will soon have a missile that can hit the US has come under doubts as sources quoted by the Reuters said the claim is not backed by US intelligence reports. Trump had made the claim during his State of the Union address on Tuesday as he sharpened the pitch against Iran amid massive US military buildup in Middle East.
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- 27 Feb 2026, 08:53:40 AM IST
US Iran tensions live updates: Iran-US talks to resume after consultations in Washington and Tehran
US-Iran tensions live updates: The US and Iran plan to resume negotiations soon after consultations in their countries' capitals, with technical-level discussions scheduled to take place next week in Vienna, Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi has said, as reported by news agency Reuters.
- 27 Feb 2026, 08:37:08 AM IST
US Iran tensions live updates: Oman's foreign minister to meet JD Vance
US Iran tensions live updates: Oman's foreign minister Badr Al Busaidi is scheduled to meet US vice president JD Vance and other officials in Washington on Friday for talks in an effort to stave off war with Iran, MS Now has reported.
via Reuters
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- 27 Feb 2026, 08:30:51 AM IST
US Iran tensions live updates: JD Vance rejects claims of long war with Iran: Report
US Iran tensions live updates: US vice president JD Vance has rejected the claim of a protracted war if the US launches strikes against Iran. "The idea that we're going to be in a Middle Eastern war for years with no end in sight -- there is no chance that will happen," Vance told the paper, essentially rejecting criticism that Washington could get stuck in a military quagmire in the volatile region should Trump order air strikes.
- 27 Feb 2026, 07:39:24 AM IST
US Iran tensions live updates: Did UN nuclear chief join the Geneva talks?
US Iran tensions live updates: UN nuclear chief also joined the talks between Iran and US in Geneva on Thursday, AFP reported citing sources.
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- 27 Feb 2026, 07:22:44 AM IST
US Iran tensions live updates: What Iran said on Geneva talks
US Iran tensions live updates: Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi termed the talks in Geneva as “most intense so far.”
“It concluded with the mutual understanding that we will continue to engage in a more detailed manner on matters that are essential to any deal—including sanctions termination and nuclear-related steps,” Araghchi wrote on X as he said that technical-level talks will be held in Vienna in the ‘coming days’.
- 27 Feb 2026, 07:17:59 AM IST
US Iran tensions live updates: Very good progress, says Iran
US Iran tensions live updates: Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi told state TV that the talks "made very good progress and entered into the elements of an agreement very seriously, both in the nuclear field and in the sanctions field".
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- 27 Feb 2026, 07:01:39 AM IST
US Iran tensions live updates: Technical-level talks in Vienna next week
US Iran tensions live updates: Washington and Tehran will hold technical-level talks in Vienna next week, Omani foreign minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi said as he highlighted the progress between the two sides after Thursday's negotiations in Geneva. Oman is mediating the negotiations as tensions run high between Iran and US following the Iran protests that began in December 2025.
- 27 Feb 2026, 06:51:31 AM IST
US Iran tensions live updates: Geneva talks conclude with signs of progress
US Iran tensions live updates: Third round of talks between Tehran and Washington ended in Geneva on Thursday with no significant breakthrough to resolve the tensions between the two. However, Oman, which is mediating the US-Iran talks, said that the hours of negotiations showed signs of progress.
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