Iran, Britain, France and Germany could hold talks next 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 nations 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 doable talks comes just a few days after the Foreign Ministers of the so-called E3 nations, in addition to the European Union’s international 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 nations, alongside 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 might restore U.N. sanctions on Tehran by way of the so-called “snapback mechanism” by the top of August if nuclear talks that had been ongoing between Iran and the U.S. earlier than the Israel-Iran air warfare 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 warfare, Tehran and Washington held 5 rounds of nuclear talks mediated by Oman however confronted main hindrances corresponding to uranium enrichment in Iran, which Western powers wish to convey right down to zero to minimise any danger of weaponisation.
Tehran maintains its nuclear programme is solely meant for civilian functions.
