Iran and three European nations will have their next nuclear negotiations on January 13
Iran’s semi-official ISNA news agency quoted deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi on Wednesday as stating that the next round of nuclear negotiations between Iran and three European nations will be held in Geneva on January 13.
In November 2024, Iran had discussions with Britain, France, and Germany on its disputed nuclear program.
Tehran was incensed by a resolution supported by Europe that charged Iran with inadequate cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog, prompting those talks, the first since the U.S. election.
In response to the resolution, Tehran told the IAEA monitor that it intends to expand its enrichment facilities’ uranium-enriching centrifuges.
Iran is “dramatically” increasing its uranium enrichment to up to 60% purity, which is closer to the around 90% threshold that is weapons grade, Rafael Grossi, the head of the U.N. nuclear inspector, told Reuters in December. Tehran claims its program is peaceful and denies pursuing nuclear weapons.
When the then-administration of Donald Trump withdrew Iran’s 2015 nuclear agreement with six major powers and reinstated severe sanctions on Iran in 2018, Tehran broke the agreement’s nuclear limits by reassembling enriched uranium stockpiles, refining it to a higher fissile purity, and putting in sophisticated centrifuges to increase production.
Trump stated during his September election campaign that “we have to make a deal, because the consequences are impossible,” despite the failure of indirect negotiations between the U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration and Tehran to try to resurrect the agreement. We must come to an agreement.
