The deputy foreign ministers of Iran and the EU3 countries – France, Germany and the U.K. – met on Thursday in Istanbul as a part of efforts to resolve the Iranian nuclear issue.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Ministers Abbas Araqchi and Majid Takht-Ravanchi and British, French and German representatives Simon Gass, Nicolas Dorier and Hans-Dieter Lucas participated in the gathering.
Recent talks were held in Zurich between representatives of the United States and the European Union on Saturday.
They discussed suspending uranium enrichment and the complete removal of sanctions in talks which Iran's Abbas Araqchi described as "constructive."
The five permanent members of the UN Security Council – the U.S., U.K., China, France and Russia – plus Germany, also known as the P5+1 group, believe that Iran is developing nuclear weapons and want Tehran to curb its nuclear program in return for the lifting of sanctions.
However, Iran says its nuclear program is for peaceful civilian purposes. Tehran agreed to limit certain aspects of its controversial program in exchange for some relief in international sanctions under a deal reached in November, 2013 in Geneva.
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