The next nuclear talks between Iran and three European countries are scheduled for January 13 Reuters
DUBAI (Reuters) – The next round of nuclear talks between Iran and three European countries will be held in Geneva on January 13, Iran’s semi-official news agency ISNA quoted the country’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi as saying on Wednesday.
In November 2024, Iran held talks on its disputed nuclear program with Great Britain, France and Germany.
The discussions, the first since the US election, came after Tehran was angered by a European-backed resolution accusing Iran of poor cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog.
Tehran reacted to the resolution by informing the IAEA watchdog that it planned to install more centrifuges to enrich uranium at its enrichment facilities.
The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog, Rafael Grossi, told Reuters in December that Iran was “dramatically” accelerating its uranium enrichment to 60% purity, which is closer to the roughly 90% weapons-grade level. Tehran denies pursuing nuclear weapons and says its program is peaceful.
In 2018, then-Donald Trump’s administration pulled out of Iran’s 2015 nuclear pact with six major powers and reimposed tough sanctions on Iran, prompting Tehran to violate the pact’s nuclear restrictions with moves such as rebuilding its stockpile of enriched uranium, refining it to greater fission purity and installing advanced centrifuges to speed up production.
Indirect talks between the administration of US President Joe Biden and Tehran in an attempt to revive the pact have failed, but Trump said during the campaign in September: “We have to make a deal, because the consequences are impossible. We have to make a deal”.
