European states are prepared to offer Iran an extension on a looming deadline to reimpose international sanctions if it agrees to conditions including resuming talks with Washington and co-operating with UN nuclear inspectors, western diplomats said.
Officials from the UK, France, and Germany are scheduled to meet their Iranian counterparts in Istanbul on Friday, the first talks between the Islamic republic and western powers since Israel’s 12-day war against Iran, which briefly drew in the US.
The three European signatories of the 2015 nuclear deal, which collapsed after US President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew during his first term, must decide whether to trigger the so-called snapback mechanism that would reinstate UN sanctions lifted under the accord.