European powers call on Iran to return to nuclear talks: French diplomatic source
Top diplomats from Britain, France and Germany have called on Iran to quickly return to the negotiating table over its nuclear programme, a French diplomatic source said on Tuesday as the conflict between Israel and the Islamic republic raged.
The countries' foreign ministers spoke late Monday with the EU's top diplomat Kaja Kallas and "called on Iran to return, as soon as possible and without preconditions, to the negotiating table" over its nuclear programme, the source said on condition of anonymity.
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