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Iran and European Powers Set Deputy-Level Nuclear Talks in Istanbul Friday

European nations have warned they will trigger UN snapback sanctions if the talks fail to yield concrete progress by late August.

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El líder supremo iraní, Ali Khamenei. Foto: Reuters
El ministro de Asuntos Exteriores de Irán, Abbas Araghchi hablando con miembros de la delegación iraní tras una reunión en Mascate / El Universal
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Overview

  • Deputy foreign ministers from Iran, Germany, France and the U.K. will meet in Istanbul on Friday, with the venue and timing to be confirmed in the coming days.
  • Berlin, Paris and London have insisted they will reimpose UN sanctions on Iran via the snapback mechanism unless substantive results emerge by the end of August.
  • Iran’s leadership maintains that its nuclear program is exclusively for civilian energy purposes and has formally contested the E3’s authority at the United Nations.
  • Negotiations were suspended in mid-June after coordinated U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran’s Natanz, Fordow and Isfahan nuclear facilities sparked a 12-day conflict.
  • Iranian adviser Ali Larijani held talks with President Putin in Moscow to review regional tensions and Tehran’s nuclear dossier ahead of the Istanbul meeting.