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Iran holds ‘frank’ nuclear talks with European powers amid sanctions threat

A Turkish policeman stands guard as a vehicle enters the Iranian consulate, where Iran is holding nuclear talks with the so-called E3 group of France, UK and Germany, in Istanbul, Turkiye, July 25, 2025 [Dilara Senkaya/Reuters]

Iranian diplomats say they held “frank” nuclear talks with their counterparts from Germany, the United Kingdom and France, as Tehran faces warnings that the three European nations could trigger “snapback” United Nations sanctions against the country.

The meeting in the Turkish capital, Istanbul, on Friday was the first since Israel’s mid-June attack on Iran, which led to an intensive 12-day conflict that saw the United States launch strikes against key Iranian nuclear sites.

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