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U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he will be involved “indirectly” in nuclear talks between the United States and Iran scheduled to take place in Geneva on Tuesday.
“I’ll be involved in those talks indirectly, and they’ll be very important,” Trump told reporters while traveling to Washington, when asked what he expects from the second round of indirect nuclear negotiations.
“We’ll see what can happen,” he added.
Under the announced schedule, the talks are set to begin Tuesday morning under Omani mediation and will be hosted at the Embassy of Oman in the Swiss city.
Trump described Iran as “a very tough” negotiating partner.
“But I would say they are bad negotiators, as we could have had a deal instead of sending out B-2s to knock out their nuclear potential. We had to send the B-2s. I hope they are going to be more reasonable,” he said, referring to U.S. stealth bombers that struck Iranian nuclear facilities during an escalation of the Iran-Israel conflict in June 2025.
Trump said he believes Iran wants to reach an agreement.
“I don’t think they want the consequences of not making a deal. They want to make a deal,” he said.
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Iran and the United States resumed indirect nuclear diplomacy in Muscat on Feb. 6 under Omani mediation, nearly eight months after talks were suspended following an Israeli attack on Iran that triggered a 12-day war.
Both sides issued positive assessments after the most recent round of talks, which took place amid heightened tensions fueled by a U.S. military buildup in the Persian Gulf region.
Uranium enrichment remains the central point of contention. Iran has demanded the lifting of Western economic sanctions in exchange for limits on its nuclear activities. The United States, meanwhile, has called on Iran to fully halt enrichment and transfer its stockpile of highly enriched uranium abroad.
Washington has also sought to broaden the negotiations to include Iran’s ballistic missile program and its support for armed groups in the region. Tehran has repeatedly said it will negotiate only on its nuclear program.
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