A veiled Iranian woman walks past an anti-US mural next to former US embassy in Tehran on February 26, 2026. (Photo by AFP) Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Friday that in order to reach a deal, the United States will have to drop its “excessive demands”, after the two sides held talks in Geneva. In a phone call with Egypt’s top diplomat Badr Abdelatty, Araghchi said “success in this path requires seriousness and realism from the other side and avoidance of any miscalculation and excessive demands.” Araghchi did not clarify what demands he was referring to, but Washington has pointed to Iran’s ballistic missile programme and has repeatedly described Tehran’s uranium enrichment capability as a red line. US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Tehran had “already d...