Iran’s state-run media outlets on Monday confirmed that Tehran has agreed to hold fresh talks on the nuclear development program with France, Britain, and Germany.
This comes after the EU nations threatened to impose snapback sanctions on Iran in case it failed to comply with the previous agreement clauses.
The Iranian foreign ministry has said that the fresh talks will be held in Istanbul, Türkiye, on the coming Friday.
Britain, France, and Germany are moving to trigger the "snapback" mechanism that automatically reimposes UN Security Council sanctions that were lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal.
The move is seen as part of a pressure mechanism likely to be imposed on Tehran to force it to come to the negotiating table after the recent 12 days of war with Israel.
The US and Israel carried out a series of attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities to push back the nuclear program, which Tehran has repeatedly said is for peaceful purposes.
Iran has been very adamant in its approach to nuclear research facilities involving enrichment of Uranium in its three main facilities in Natanz, Fordow, and Isfahan.
Iran has also expelled the IAEA inspectors from the country, citing the biases and lack of criticism over US and Israeli attacks on the country.
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In one of the allegations, Tehran's defence ministry accused the IAEA of colluding with Israel for sharing classified intelligence with the Israeli Secret Service agency Mossad after several top nuclear research scientists were assassinated on June 13, which Israel called a preventive strike on the country.
It seems quite difficult that Iran would roll back on its current status of nuclear research, especially enrichment of Uranium.
Though the Iranian foreign minister, during his visit to Moscow after the ceasefire, said, “Tehran was not seeking nuclear weapons; rather, its main purpose is to meet the energy requirements of the country.”
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