Iran to hold nuclear talks with France, UK, Germany on Jan 13: Report nuclear energy news
The next round of talks with European powers will take place a week before Trump returns to the White House.
The next round of nuclear talks between Iran and France, the United Kingdom and Germany will take place in Geneva in January, Iran’s semi-official ISNA news agency quoted the country’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi as reporting.
“A new round of talks between Iran and three European countries will be held in Geneva on January 13,” Gharibabadi said on Wednesday.
Iran held talks with three European powers about its disputed nuclear program in November. The discussions, the first since the presidential election in the United States, came after Tehran was angered by a Europe-backed resolution accusing Iran of poor cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog.
Tehran responded to the proposal by informing the IAEA watchdog that it planned to install more uranium-enrichment centrifuges at its enrichment plants.
On 17 December, three European countries accused Iran of increasing its stockpile of highly-enriched uranium to “unprecedented levels” without “any credible civil justification”. He has also raised the possibility of reinstating sanctions against Iran to prevent it from developing its nuclear program.
IAEA chief Rafael Grossi told Reuters news agency in December that Iran was “dramatically” increasing uranium enrichment to 60 percent purity, which is close to the 90 percent weapons-grade level.
Tehran insists on its right to nuclear energy for peaceful purposes and has consistently denied any ambition to develop a nuclear weapons capability.
In 2015, Iran reached a deal with world powers, including the US, to curb its nuclear program due to concerns about the country potentially developing nuclear weapons.
But in 2018, the then-administration of Donald Trump pulled out of Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with six major powers and reimposed harsh sanctions on Iran, prompting Tehran to violate the pact’s nuclear limits. , which included steps such as rebuilding enriched uranium reserves, refining it for higher fragmentation. Purity and installing advanced centrifuges to speed up production.
Indirect talks between US President Joe Biden’s administration and Tehran to try to revive the agreement have failed, but Trump said during his election campaign in September: “We have to make a deal, because the consequences are impossible. We have to make a deal.”
The January 13 talks will take place a week before Trump returns to the White House.
