Overview

• Deputy foreign ministers from Iran, Britain, France and Germany will meet in Istanbul on July 25 to discuss Tehran’s nuclear programme
• The agenda centers on lifting international sanctions in exchange for guarantees on the peaceful nature of Iran’s atomic activities
• Iran has ruled out direct engagement with the United States and insisted on preserving its uranium enrichment as a sovereign scientific achievement
• Britain, France and Germany warn that failure to reach an agreement by late August will prompt reactivation of UN sanctions under the JCPOA snapback mechanism
• These talks follow June’s US and Israeli strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites and Tehran’s suspension of routine IAEA cooperation, adding urgency ahead of the deal’s October deadline