UK, French, and German foreign ministers will hold talks with their Iranian counterpart, in Geneva today as part of efforts to ease the Israel-Iran conflict
Ahead of the meeting, UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy said that “a window now exists within the next two weeks to achieve a diplomatic solution.”
It comes after the White House said Donald Trump will decide in the next fortnight whether to take direct US action.
Diplomatic sources close to the talks in Geneva say European ministers who sit down with Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi today will focus on the US proposal for a new nuclear deal to curb Iran’s uranium enrichment.
They’ll convey a “clear message” from US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and President Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff about what’s expected.
“It’s all about a road to zero,” is how one source put it.
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For Iran, stopping all of its nuclear enrichment has been a red line. It’s currently enriching uranium to 60 percent, far beyond what’s needed for a civilian nuclear programme.
It has also previously rejected a proposal to create a regional consortium to enrich uranium outside Iran.
Iran’s deputy foreign minister Saeed Khatibzadeh said yesterday that they had been “on the verge of reaching an agreement” when Israel unleashed its military attacks. Iran believes the aim was to destroy diplomacy.
The exchange of fire between Israel and Iran has continued, with the Israeli military saying it attacked dozens of targets, including what it called missile manufacturing sites in Tehran
Seven people have been injured in Beersheba, southern Israel, emergency services say, after an Iranian missile struck a technology park
Iran has not released official casualty figures as BBC journalists are restricted from reporting from inside the country, making it difficult to assess the damage caused by Israel’s offensive.