Some EU member states have asked for sanctions against Iran to be expanded in response to Tehran's attack on Israel.
Josep Borrell Fontelles, Charles Michel, President of the European Council, and Ebrahim Raïssi, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran (from left to right) in September 2022 in New York © EC - Audiovisual Service
Some EU member states have asked for sanctions against Iran to be expanded in response to Tehran's attack on Israel and the bloc's diplomatic service will begin working on the proposal, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Tuesday.
Borrell was speaking after an emergency video conference of EU foreign ministers called to discuss the repercussions of the attack.
Iran and the United States agreed on Saturday to task experts to start drawing up a framework for a potential nuclear deal, Iran's foreign minister said, after a second round of talks following President Donald Trump's threat of military action.
Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq al-Said is set to visit Moscow on Monday, days after the start of a round of Muscat-mediated nuclear talks between the U.S. and Iran.
Iran and the United States will hold a new round of nuclear talks in Rome on Saturday to resolve their decades-long standoff over Tehran's atomic aims, under the shadow of President Donald Trump's threat to unleash military action if diplomacy fails.
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