US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis, on Feb. 25, 2026. Jonathan Ernst/AFP
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Americans on Feb. 25 that “Iran poses a very grave threat to the United States and has for a very long time,” ahead of indirect talks between Washington and Tehran in Geneva, Switzerland.
The talks, taking place in the Swiss city on Feb. 26, will be the third such meeting between representatives of both nations and are being mediated by Oman. Washington wants a deal to constrain Tehran’s nuclear program, while Iran has maintained it wants to continue to enrich uranium even as its program sits in ruins, following the U.S. attack in June on three of its nuclear sites, part of the 12-day war last year.
