8 minutes agoIran meets with European diplomats for new nuclear talks
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(a year ago)Iranian diplomats have met with counterparts from the United Kingdom, Germany and France for nuclear talks, for the first time since Israel launched attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities in June. The attacks caused a 12-day war, which also saw the US bombard a number of Iran's nuclear facilities, by [...]
The attacks triggered a 12-day war, which also saw the US bomb a number of Iran's nuclear facilities, suddenly ending US-Iran nuclear talks.
The three European powers that participated in the talks, known as E3, have threatened to re-establish sanctions on Iran unless progress is made towards negotiating a new nuclear agreement by the end of August.
Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister, Kazem Gharibabadi, said they held a “serious, sincere and detailed” discussion and agreed to continue consultations.
Gharibabadi said earlier this week that causing sanctions would be “fully illegal”.
Sanctions against Iran's nuclear programme were previously removed as a result of the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran, which was reached with the United Kingdom, France, China, Russia and Germany.
This comes after years of tensions over Iran's alleged efforts to develop a nuclear weapon something Tehran has always denied.
Under the terms of the agreement, Iran agreed to restrict its nuclear activities and allow international inspectors.
The US withdrew from the agreement in 2018 during President Donald Trump's first term, with the leader saying she did very little to prevent Iran from creating a path towards a nuclear bomb. With its withdrawal, all US sanctions were restored to Iran.
Iran retaliated by increasingly violating restrictions.
The United Kingdom, Germany and France have threatened to restore severe sanctions on Iran if it refuses to limit its nuclear programme, with a deadline set for October, the BBC writes.
