European Nations to Meet Iran on Friday for Nuclear DiscussionsTehran, 21 Jul (ONA) — Negotiations between Iran and the so-called E3 states
– Germany, France and the United Kingdom – are planned for this week.
The meeting is to take place on Friday in Istanbul at the level of
deputy foreign ministers, said Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman
Esmaeil Baqaei, according to the web portal of the daily newspaper
Etemad.
Iran will be represented by two deputy foreign ministers Majid
Takht-Ravanchi and Kazem Gharibabadi, who are also part of the
nuclear negotiating team.
The Vienna nuclear agreement – which is not being adhered to in
practice – formally expires in mid-October. As co-signatories to the
2015 deal, the E3 states could apply to the UN Security Council for
the reintroduction of previous sanctions.
The meeting in Türkiye would be the first round of negotiations since
a ceasefire came into force after Israel’s war against Iran.
Before the war, Tehran had spent around two months negotiating with
the United States over its nuclear programme.
The aim of the negotiations is to find restrictions on Iran’s nuclear
programme that Tehran finds acceptable, and make sure Iran does not
have the capability to develop a nuclear weapon. Iran, for its part,
hopes that the talks will lead to the lifting of sanctions that are
paralysing its economy.
Tehran has always insisted that its nuclear programme is exclusively
for civilian use.
— Ends/Khalid