{"id":31323,"date":"2025-06-19T16:50:06","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T16:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=31323"},"modified":"2025-06-19T16:50:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T16:50:06","slug":"europeans-to-hold-last-ditch-talks-with-iran-as-trump-weighs-entering-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=31323","title":{"rendered":"Europeans to hold last-ditch talks with Iran as Trump weighs entering war"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__content-sign-up-topic-description o3-type-body-base\">Your guide to what Trump\u2019s second term means for Washington, business and the world<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"article__content-sign-up-iframe close\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"signUpIframe\" data-prev-url=\"\/register\/in-article-sign-up?ft-content-uuid=7525eccf-aa25-4a09-ae70-f1be9bba3f05&amp;newsletter-id=65b8fec772badb00166eafc6\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>Britain, France and Germany are to hold talks with Iran\u2019s foreign minister on Friday, in a last-ditch effort to avert an escalation of conflict in the Middle East and a possible US intervention.<\/p>\n<p>The talks in Geneva, due to be attended by the foreign ministers of the three European countries, come in the shadow of warnings from US President Donald Trump that he could join Israel\u2019s offensive against Iran.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s better dealt with by way of negotiations than by way of conflict\u2009.\u2009.\u2009. The risk of escalation across the region is obvious,\u201d UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>He added that the UK \u201ccompletely\u201d recognised Israel\u2019s right to self-defence, \u201cbut the principle is that we need to de-escalate this\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>European capitals have been making contingency plans for the US entering the conflict, with tensions raised since Trump publicly acknowledged on Thursday he \u201cmay\u201d enter the war. <\/p>\n<p>The UK government confirmed that David Lammy, UK foreign secretary, would attend the talks in Geneva, after holding talks with Marco Rubio, his US counterpart, in Washington on Thursday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"n-content-image n-content-image--full\" data-component=\"image-set\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 700px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/__origami\/service\/image\/v2\/images\/raw\/ftcms%3A114d343e-2744-43e6-bf45-ae2bc72a4768?source=next-article&amp;fit=scale-down&amp;quality=highest&amp;width=700&amp;dpr=1 1x,https:\/\/www.ft.com\/__origami\/service\/image\/v2\/images\/raw\/ftcms%3A114d343e-2744-43e6-bf45-ae2bc72a4768?source=next-article&amp;fit=scale-down&amp;quality=highest&amp;width=700&amp;dpr=2 2x\" width=\"1723\" height=\"1149\"\/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"n-content-picture__caption o3-editorial-typography-caption\"><span>The UK government confirmed that David Lammy, UK foreign secretary, would attend the talks in Geneva, after holding talks with Marco Rubio, his US counterpart, in Washington on Thursday<\/span><span> <!-- -->\u00a9 Ozan Kose\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The meeting in Geneva with Iran\u2019s Abbas Araghchi is a revival of the \u201cE3\u201d format, under which Britain, France and Germany \u2014 the European signatories to a 2015 nuclear accord Tehran signed with world powers \u2014 have sought to resolve the country\u2019s stand-off with the west. <\/p>\n<p>The aim of the meeting would be to agree a framework to restart monitoring of Iran\u2019s nuclear programme, but with international monitors granted unfettered access to facilities. Another issue on the table will be whether Iran would be willing to make a commitment to cut its ballistic missile stockpile.<\/p>\n<p>A crisis over Iran\u2019s nuclear programme erupted after Trump unilaterally withdrew from the accord in 2018. Tehran responded by expanding its nuclear activity and has been enriching uranium to levels close to weapons grade. <\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration held five rounds of indirect talks with Iran before the diplomatic process was upended by Israel launching its strikes on Friday \u2014 days before a sixth round of negotiations was scheduled. <\/p>\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu \u2014 who opposed the diplomatic efforts \u2014 said he launched the war to prevent Iran developing nuclear weapons. <\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s foreign ministry confirmed that Araghchi will meet counterparts from Britain, France and Germany, the first high-level face-to-face diplomacy with Tehran since Israel launched its attacks on Iran.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"n-content-image n-content-image--full\" data-component=\"image-set\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 700px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/__origami\/service\/image\/v2\/images\/raw\/ftcms%3A9f4b90ec-eb04-40f5-929d-3189bb85ba06?source=next-article&amp;fit=scale-down&amp;quality=highest&amp;width=700&amp;dpr=1 1x,https:\/\/www.ft.com\/__origami\/service\/image\/v2\/images\/raw\/ftcms%3A9f4b90ec-eb04-40f5-929d-3189bb85ba06?source=next-article&amp;fit=scale-down&amp;quality=highest&amp;width=700&amp;dpr=2 2x,https:\/\/www.ft.com\/__origami\/service\/image\/v2\/images\/raw\/ftcms%3A9f4b90ec-eb04-40f5-929d-3189bb85ba06?source=next-article&amp;fit=scale-down&amp;quality=highest&amp;width=700&amp;dpr=3 3x\" width=\"2290\" height=\"1527\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/__origami\/service\/image\/v2\/images\/raw\/https%3A%2F%2Fd1e00ek4ebabms.cloudfront.net%2Fproduction%2F9f4b90ec-eb04-40f5-929d-3189bb85ba06.jpg?source=next-article&amp;fit=scale-down&amp;quality=highest&amp;width=700&amp;dpr=1\" alt=\"French foreign\u00a0minister Jean-No\u00ebl Barrot (centre)\" data-image-type=\"image\" width=\"2290\" height=\"1527\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"n-content-picture__caption o3-editorial-typography-caption\"><span>French foreign\u00a0minister Jean-No\u00ebl Barrot (centre): \u2018Negotiation remains today the only way to achieve a lasting rollback of Iran\u2019s nuclear and ballistic missile programme\u2019<\/span><span> <!-- -->\u00a9 Julien de Rosa\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>French foreign\u00a0minister Jean-No\u00ebl Barrot told journalists on Thursday: \u201cWe have expressed our willingness to take part in negotiations aimed at securing from Iran a lasting rollback of its nuclear programme and its ballistic missile programme.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cNegotiation remains today the only way to achieve a lasting rollback of Iran\u2019s nuclear and ballistic missile programme\u2009.\u2009.\u2009.\u2009That is why we are calling for a return to negotiations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The E3, which were heavily involved in efforts with the Biden administration to revive the 2015 accord, had been largely marginalised by Trump as he sought to pressure Iran into a new deal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/7525eccf-aa25-4a09-ae70-f1be9bba3f05\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump\u2019s second term means for Washington,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":31324,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-us","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}