Iran-EU nuclear talks to resume on Monday: IRNA

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 28 – A new round of talks will be held between Iranian officials and representatives from Britain, France, and Germany – the European Union three – seeking to diffuse the international standoff over the Islamic Republic’s sensitive nuclear work, the state-run IRNA news agency reported on Saturday. Iran Focus

Tehran, Iran, Jan. 28 – A new round of talks will be held between Iranian officials and representatives from Britain, France, and Germany – the European Union three – seeking to diffuse the international standoff over the Islamic Republic’s sensitive nuclear work, the state-run IRNA news agency reported on Saturday.

The EU-3 along with the United States have already announced that they seek to refer Iran’s nuclear file to the United Nations Security Council at the upcoming February 2 meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s board of governors over fears that it is pursuing nuclear weapons development.

The move, however, has faced opposition from nuclear powers Russia and China.

Iran’s official news agency quoted an “informed official” in the Islamic Republic’s Supreme National Security Council, the body in charge of Tehran’s nuclear negotiations with the West, as saying that the meeting will take place in Brussels, where EU foreign ministers are set to meet on Monday.

Leading the Iranian team into the meeting will be senior nuclear negotiator Javad Vaeidi, while France will lead the EU-3 side, the report added.