Iran to Hold Talks on Nuclear Negotiations
with France, Germany and Britain in Istanbul. The talks follow threats by the European countries to impose sanctions if negotiations fail to continue.
“The meeting between Iran, Britain, France and Germany will take place at the deputy foreign minister level,” Esmaeil Baghaei was quoted by Iranian state media as saying.
signed the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal. Even though the first Trump administration withdrew from the pact, the other countries remain part of it. The deal lifted sanctions on Iran, while putting restrictions on its nuclear program.
The three European nations’ foreign ministers remaining in the deal held a call with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi and the European Union’s foreign policy chief. The call was the first one in more than a month.
eliminate Iran’s ability to enrich uranium, a critical part in the process of making a thermonuclear bomb.
