Tuesday, February 17, 2026

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Masoud Pezeshkian said in a television program: We are absolutely not pursuing nuclear weapons, but we will not accept abandoning the peaceful nuclear industry. He added: In what language should we say that we are not pursuing nuclear weapons and will not do so. We are ready for any verification they want us to have together. @ VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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Apparently Mohammad Hossein Ranjbaran, deputy to Abbas Araghchi, had written the above tweet but later deleted it. Now he has written: Based on the Foreign Minister's statements, in this round of negotiations, serious ideas were proposed and it was decided that the path of dialogue should continue based on a set of principles and general frameworks. mhranjbaran 📡 @VahidOnline

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The Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic described the second round of new negotiations with the United States as "constructive" but said both sides still have positions that require bringing them closer together. Abbas Araghchi told Islamic Republic Television on Tuesday after these negotiations concluded at the Omani embassy in Geneva that "the path to agreement has begun but we will not reach it quickly." He also stated that the timing of the next round of negotiations is not yet determined and both sides are supposed to conduct consultations in their respective capitals. Iran's Foreign Minister added: "It was agreed that both sides will work on the texts of a potential agreement and then we will exchange these texts and after that consider another date for the third round." From Iran's side, Abbas Araghchi and his accompanying delegation participated in these talks, and from the United States side, as in the past, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were present in the American delegation. @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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The leader of the Islamic Republic called predetermining the outcome of negotiations between Iran and America "wrong and foolish" and said if the goal of the talks is to dismantle the nuclear program, such a matter fundamentally has no place for negotiation. Ali Khamenei in his Tuesday, February 28th speech also referred to Donald Trump's threats of sending America's largest aircraft carriers to the region, saying: "More dangerous than the ship is a weapon that can sink this ship to the bottom of the sea." The leader of the Islamic Republic, coinciding with the second round of Iran-America negotiations in Geneva, addressed the US President saying: "You say let's talk together about such and such topic, reach an agreement, why do you determine the outcome, we must definitely reach this agreement. Well, this is foolish." Ali Khamenei in another part of his remarks, claiming that Donald Trump seeks to dominate Iran, said Iran "knows its Islamic and Shia lessons well" and continued "Imam Hussein said someone like me does not pledge allegiance to someone like Yazid." The leader of the Islamic Republic in part of his speech militarily threatened the United States and said: "The strongest army in the world might sometimes get such a slap that it cannot get up." Ali Khamenei also by distorting the American president's statements claimed that he said "For 47 years America has been unable to destroy the Islamic Republic" and described it as a "good confession." This is while the US President recently, while welcoming the idea of regime change in Iran, had said: "For 47 years they just talk and talk and talk. Meanwhile, we have lost many lives while they talk. Legs cut off, hands cut off, faces destroyed. This situation has been going on for a long time." @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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Donald Trump, President of the United States, said early Tuesday morning, February 28th, just hours before the second round of negotiations with representatives of the Islamic Republic, that he will participate indirectly in the talks and added that in his view, Tehran "wants to reach an agreement." Donald Trump, who was speaking with reporters aboard Air Force One while returning to Washington, responded to a question about the Geneva negotiations by saying: "I will participate indirectly in these negotiations and [these negotiations] will be very important. We'll see what might happen. What I mean is that usually Iran is a very stubborn negotiator. Are they good negotiators or bad? I say they are bad negotiators because we could have reached an agreement instead of sending B-2 bombers to destroy their nuclear potential. We had to send B-2 bombers. I hope, I hope they will be more reasonable. They want to reach an agreement." The US President, responding to a reporter's question asking "Have you been told that an agreement is almost impossible?" answered: "No, I think they want to reach an agreement. I don't think they want the consequences of not reaching an agreement. They want to reach an agreement." @ VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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Reports indicate that the people of Abadan took to the streets again Monday night, on the eve of the fortieth day memorial for those killed, chanting "Death to Khamenei." Local reports describe clashes between suppressive forces and the people, and internet and phone lines have also been disrupted. @ VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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⚠️ The lifeless, bullet-riddled body of a 19-year-old young man - received images with description: #Shahrokh_Zare from #Noorabad #Mamasani, Fars Province, killed on Thursday, January 18th' Vahid 📡 @VahidOnline