Iran holds nuclear talks with France, UK and Germany on January 13: Report | Nuclear energy news

The next round of talks with European powers will be held one week before Trump returns to the White House.

The next round of nuclear talks between Iran, France, the United Kingdom and Germany is scheduled to be held in Geneva next January, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported, citing Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi.

Gharibabadi said on Wednesday that the new round of talks between Iran and three European countries will be held in Geneva on January 13.

Iran Talks were held It held talks with the three European powers on its controversial nuclear program in November. These discussions, the first since the presidential elections in the United States, came after Tehran’s anger at the European-backed resolution that accused Iran of poor cooperation with the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency.

Tehran responded to the decision with a notification International Atomic Energy Agency It plans to install more uranium enrichment centrifuges in its enrichment plants.

On December 17, the three European countries accused Iran of increasing its stockpile of highly enriched uranium to “unprecedented levels” without “any credible civilian justification.” They also raised the possibility of re-imposing sanctions on Iran to prevent it from developing its nuclear program.

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, told Reuters news agency in December that Iran was “dramatically” accelerating uranium enrichment to 60 percent purity, closer to the roughly 90 percent level of weapons-grade purity.

Tehran insists on its right to obtain nuclear energy for peaceful purposes and constantly denies any ambition to develop the ability to produce nuclear weapons.

In 2015, Iran reached an agreement with world powers, including the United States, to limit its nuclear program due to concerns about the country potentially developing nuclear weapons.

But in 2018, the then-Donald Trump administration exited Iran The 2015 nuclear agreement With six major powers and re-imposed harsh sanctions on Iran, pushing Tehran to violate the nuclear limits of the agreement, through steps such as rebuilding stocks of enriched uranium, enriching it to a higher fissile purity, and installing advanced centrifuges to speed up production.

Indirect talks between the administration of US President Joe Biden and Tehran to try to revive the agreement failed, but Trump said during his election campaign in September: “We have to reach an agreement, because the consequences are impossible. We have to conclude an agreement.”

The January 13 talks will be held one week before Trump returns to the White House.