India, Feb. 15 -- Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Sunday left for Geneva, where the second round of nuclear negotiations with the United States will take place, his ministry said.

According to the ministry, Araghchi, along with his delegation, "left Tehran for Geneva late Sunday". He is heading a "diplomatic and technical delegation" to conduct the second round of indirect talks, and will also hold a number of diplomatic consultations, AFP cited the ministry as saying.

This comes after the first round of indirect talks between Iran and US took place in Muscat last week, Oman will mediate the talks in Geneva, the IRNA state-run news agency reported.

"Indirect Iran-US nuclear talks will be held on Tuesday with the mediation and...