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Arab News
4 days ago
- Business
- Arab News
Iran says it held ‘frank' talks with European powers
ISTANBUL: Iranian diplomats said they held 'frank and detailed' nuclear talks on Friday with counterparts from Germany, Britain and France, who have threatened to trigger sanctions if Tehran fails to agree a deal on uranium enrichment and cooperation with UN inspectors. The meeting in Istanbul was the first since Israel launched an attack on Iran last month targeting key nuclear and military sites, sparking a 12-day war and leading Tehran to pull away from working with the UN watchdog. Israel's offensive — which killed top commanders, nuclear scientists and hundreds of others and in which residential areas and military sites were struck — also derailed US-Iran nuclear talks that began in April. Separately, a Russian rocket sent an Iranian communications satellite into orbit on Friday, a launch that highlighted strong ties between the two countries. • The meeting in Istanbul was the first since Israel launched an attack on Iran last month targeting key nuclear and military sites. • A Russian rocket sent an Iranian communications satellite into orbit on Friday, a launch that highlighted strong ties between the two countries. The Soyuz rocket lifted off as scheduled from Vostochny launchpad in far eastern Russia, the country's state-controlled Roscosmos corporation said. It carried two Russian Ionosphere-M Earth observation satellites, along with Iran's Nahid-2 satellite and 17 smaller Russian satellites, and put them into designated orbits. The 110-kg Iranian satellite is supposed to circle the Earth on a 500 km orbit and has a service lifetime of two years. In November, Russia launched a pair of Iranian satellites named Kowsar and Hodhod, the first launched on behalf of the country's private sector. It followed two previous Russian launches of Iranian satellites in 2022 and 2024. Russia, which signed a 'strategic partnership' treaty with Iran in January, strongly condemned the Israeli and US strikes on Iran last month. Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested that Moscow could help negotiate a settlement that could allow Tehran to pursue a peaceful atomic program while assuaging Israeli security concerns. At the same time, Putin has emphasized that Tehran hasn't asked Moscow for military assistance and noted that the partnership treaty doesn't envision such aid.
Bloomberg
21-07-2025
- Politics
- Bloomberg
Iran Rules Out US Talks Ahead of Nuclear Meeting With Europe
Iran said it has no plans to resume nuclear talks with the US even as it prepares to hold discussions on its atomic program with European, Russian, and Chinese officials this week. 'At the moment, we have no plans to hold talks with the US,' Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said in a televised press conference on Monday. Earlier, Iranian state TV said Iranian diplomats planned to meet counterparts from the UK, France and Germany for nuclear talks in Istanbul on Friday.
Reuters
13-05-2025
- Business
- Reuters
Iran, Europeans to hold nuclear talks on Friday, diplomatic sources say
PARIS/DUBAI, May 13 (Reuters) - Iran will hold talks in Istanbul on Friday with European parties to their now-moribund 2015 nuclear deal, two European and an Iranian diplomatic source said on Tuesday, The talks among senior diplomats come as both sides seek to position themselves ahead of an expected fifth round of U.S.-Iranian negotiations in the coming days. Earlier talks planned on May 2 were postponed with Britain, France and Germany, known as the E3, initially hesitant over concerns such talks could create a parallel track and hijack the negotiations pursued by the Trump administration that Washington says aim to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. But diplomats said they opted to go ahead because it was ultimately in their interest to maintain dialogue with Iran and reaffirm how they envisaged the parameters of a new nuclear deal. Iran is also keen to hold the talks to keep its options open and assess where the European powers stand regarding the reimposition of U.N. sanctions, something Iran's foreign minister warned them on Monday against doing. Relations between the E3 and Iran have worsened over the last year despite sporadic meetings, against a backdrop of new sanctions imposed on Tehran over its ballistic missile programme, its detention of foreign citizens and support for Russia in its war against Ukraine. Under terms of a U.N. resolution ratifying a 2015 nuclear pact, the three European powers could reimpose United Nations sanctions against Tehran before October 18, known in diplomatic circles as the "snapback mechanism." The European powers are not part of current negotiations between Iran and the United States, the fourth round of which ended in Oman on Sunday. But the three powers have sought to coordinate closely with Washington with a view to whether and when they should use the snapback mechanism to raise pressure on Iran over its nuclear programme. According to diplomats and a document seen by Reuters, the E3 countries may trigger a snapback by August if no substantial deal can be reached by then. The next round of talks between Iran and the U.S. to resolve disputes over Tehran's nuclear programme will be held in the coming days after both sides have consulted with their respective capitals, according to Oman, which mediates the negotiations.
