Iran may maintain nuclear talks with European powers subsequent week: reviews

Iran, Britain, France and Germany may maintain talks subsequent week on Tehran’s nuclear programme, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim information company reported on Sunday (July 20, 2025), following warnings by the three European international locations that failure to renew negotiations would result in worldwide sanctions being reimposed on Iran.

“The principle of talks has been agreed upon, but consultations are continuing on the time and place of the talks. The country in which the talks could be held next week has not been finalised,” Tasnim reported, quoting a supply knowledgeable on the matter.

The report on attainable talks comes just a few days after the Foreign Ministers of the so-called E3 nations, in addition to the European Union’s overseas coverage chief, held their first name with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi since Israel and the U.S. attacked Iranian nuclear services a month in the past.

The three European international locations, together with China and Russia, are the remaining events to a 2015 nuclear deal reached with Iran – from which the United States withdrew in 2018 – that lifted sanctions on the Middle Eastern nation in return for restrictions on its nuclear programme.

The E3 have mentioned they’d restore U.N. sanctions on Tehran through the so-called “snapback mechanism” by the tip of August if nuclear talks that have been ongoing between Iran and the U.S. earlier than the Israel-Iran air conflict don’t resume or fail to supply concrete outcomes.

“If EU/E3 want to have a role, they should act responsibly, and put aside the worn-out policies of threat and pressure, including the ‘snap-back’ for which they lack absolutely moral and legal ground,” Araqchi mentioned earlier this week.

The snapback mechanism can be utilized to revive U.N. sanctions earlier than the U.N. Security Council decision enshrining the deal expires on October 18.

Prior to the Israel-Iran conflict, Tehran and Washington held 5 rounds of nuclear talks mediated by Oman however confronted main hindrances reminiscent of uranium enrichment in Iran, which Western powers wish to carry all the way down to zero to minimise any danger of weaponisation.

Tehran maintains its nuclear programme is solely meant for civilian functions.