Iran, US hold indirect Geneva talks amid rising nuclear tensions

(From left) Former senior adviser to Trump Jared Kushner, and US special envoy Steve Witkoff hold a meeting with Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi in Geneva on Thursday. Pic/AFP

Iran and the US began indirect talks Thursday in Geneva over Tehran's nuclear negotiations viewed as a last chance for diplomacy as America has gathered a fleet of aircraft and warships to the Middle East to pressure Tehran into a deal.

US President Donald Trump wants a deal to constrain Iran's nuclear programme, and he sees an opportunity while the country is struggling at home with growing dissent following nationwide protests last month.

Iran has maintained it wants to continue to enrich uranium even as its program sits in ruins, following Trump ordering an attack in June on three of the Islamic Republic's nuclear sites during a 12-day war last year.

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