Israel PM to meet Trump with Iran missiles high on agenda

This photo released by Iran’s Supreme National Security Council office shows Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani (C) arriving in Muscat, Oman on February 10, 2026. Iran’s top security official met Oman’s ruler in Muscat on February 10, days after a new round of talks there between officials from Washington and Tehran. Ali Larijani, who heads the Supreme National Security Council, and Sultan Haitham bin Tariq “discussed the latest developments in the Iranian-American negotiations”, the official Oman News Agency said.

(Photo by HANDOUT / Iran’s Supreme National Security / AFP) Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday the top priority in his talks with US President Donald Trump would be the ongoing negotiations with Iran, as he presses for a tougher US approach to Tehran’s ballistic missile programme. So far, Iran has rejected expanding the scope of its talks with the US beyond the issue of its nuclear programme, though Washington also wants Tehran’s ballistic missile programme and its support for regional militant groups on the table. The two leaders are to meet in Washington on Wednesday, their sixth such encounter in the United States since Trump returned to office a year ago.

They also met in Jerusalem in October when Trump announced a ceasefire in Gaza. Wednesday’s meeting comes days after arch-foes Iran and the United States held talks in Oman, after which Trump said another round of negotiations would follow. Netanyahu and Trump will also meet amid growing international outrage over Israeli measures to tighten control of the occupied West Bank by allowing settlers to buy land directly from its Palestinian owners.

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However, it remains unclear whether the issue will be raised in their talks, despite Trump’s past opposition to any annexation of the West Bank. “On this trip we will discuss a range of issues: Gaza, the region, but of course first and foremost the negotiations with Iran,” Netanyahu said, in a video statement before his departure. “I will present to the president our views regarding the principles for the negotiations.” In an earlier statement issued over the weekend, Netanyahu’s office said he will highlight Israel’s concerns over Iran’s missile arsenal and not just the nuclear programme.

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