Iran, E3 to discuss nuclear issue in Istanbul

TABNAK, Jul. 21 - Deputy foreign ministers of Iran and E3—France, Germany, and the UK—will meet in Istanbul on July 25 to discuss Iran's nuclear issue, Iran's Foreign Ministry announced.

News ID: 6625

Date: 21 July 2025 - 11:02

The spokesperson for Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Iran and the three European countries (France, Germany, and the United Kingdom) will hold talks in Istanbul on Friday, July 25, at the level of deputy foreign ministers regarding Iran’s nuclear issue, reported Mehr.

Tehran and Washington were engaged in negotiations led by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and US President Donald Trump's foreign envoy Steve Witkoff and had conducted five rounds of indirect talks mediated by Oman when Israel launched a series of unprovoked aggressions, which upended the process.

While the Zionist regime waged a war of aggression against Iran on June 13 and struck Iran’s military, nuclear, and residential areas for 12 days, the US stepped in and conducted military attacks on three nuclear sites in Iran’s Natanz, Fordow, and Isfahan on June 22.

The Iranian military forces conducted powerful counterattacks immediately after the aggression. The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Force carried out 22 waves of retaliatory missile strikes against the Zionist regime as part of Operation True Promise III, which inflicted heavy losses on cities across the occupied territories.

Also, in response to the US attacks, Iranian armed forces launched a wave of missiles at al-Udeid air base in Qatar, the largest American military base in West Asia.

A ceasefire that came into force on June 24 has brought the fighting to a halt.