U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff, during an event linked to the launch of the U.S. president's Board of Peace, in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 22, 2026. (Credit: Denis Balibouse/Reuters)
U.S. President Donald Trump's top envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner will head to Geneva this week for talks with Iranian negotiators over Tehran's nuclear program, the White House confirmed on Sunday.
A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed to AFP that the two men, who have been Trump's lead negotiators on Iran, would represent Washington at the talks.
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will represent Tehran in the negotiations, his ministry reported earlier. He will also meet with his Swiss and Omani counterparts and the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Tehran and Washington restarted negotiations in Muscat on Feb. 6, months after previous talks collapsed when Israel launched an unprecedented bombing campaign against Iran last June that started a 12-day war.
The United States joined that war, carrying out strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.
Iran said the Geneva talks would be "indirect," as the previous round in Oman had been.
The latest talks came with Washington having threatened Tehran with military action and deploying an aircraft carrier group to the region following Iran's deadly crackdown on anti-government protests last month.
After the Iran talks, Witkoff and Kushner are expected to participate in U.S.-brokered talks between Russia and Ukraine in Geneva.
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