Geneva, Feb. 27 -- Resuming negotiations on Tehran's nuclear programme, US and Iranian officials met in Geneva for nuclear talks on Thursday, hours after an official address by the US govt, where officials called any Iranian possession of nuclear weapons an extremely dangerous prospect for Washington.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance, talking to reporters on Wednesday, said that Tehran was actively working to repair its nuclear sites that were damaged by US and Israeli airstrikes during the brief 12-day war last June.

Speaking to reporters on Wednesday during a trip to St. Kitts and Nevis, Rubio accused Iran of continuing to pursue nuclear weaponisation and further called its ballistic missiles programme a maj...