European ministers to hold nuclear talks with Iran in Geneva

Foreign ministers from Germany, France and the United Kingdom are planning a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Friday in Geneva, according to various media reports . +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The ministers will first meet with the European Union’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, at Germany’s permanent mission in Geneva before holding a joint meeting with the Iranian foreign minister, a source told Reuters news agency. The United States and Iran had held negotiations on the country’s nuclear programme for almost two months under the mediation of the Gulf emirate of Oman before Israel launched its major attack on Iran last Friday. Iran responded with intensive rocket fire. Negotiations recently stalled over the central issue of uranium enrichment. Iran had recently enriched almost weapons-grade material. Although Tehran expressed its willingness to restrict its programme again, as in the Vienna nuclear agreement of 2015, it did not ...