The Latest Breaking News from Abbas Araghchi

European powers on Friday urged Iran to revive diplomatic efforts with the United States to find a solution in the standoff over its nuclear programme, but Tehran warned it could only consider diplomacy once Israel halted its bombardment of the Islamic republic.

The Foreign Secretary met his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi in Geneva on Friday alongside foreign ministers from France and Germany.

COMMENT: The meeting in Geneva between European foreign ministers and their opposite number in the Iranian regime is no ordinary peace mission – the delegation isn’t there to stop the war, says Michael Day – they’re acting as the Ayatollah’s Trump-whisperer

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday said France and other European nations would make a diplomatic and technical offer to Iran in order to end the conflict with Israel.

European foreign ministers will hold nuclear talks with their Iranian counterpart on Friday, as President Donald Trump mulls the prospect of US involvement in the Iran-Israel war.

Iran, UK, Germany, France and EU foreign policy chief meet in bid to avoid further escalation between Israel and Iran.

The Foreign Secretary is meeting Abbas Araghchi on Friday alongside counterparts from France, Germany and the EU, as the US backs away from conflict.

Israel and Iran exchanged strikes a week into their war Friday as new diplomatic efforts appeared to be underway

France has named career diplomat Pierre Cochard as its new ambassador to Iran, as European governments push to revive nuclear talks and prevent a wider regional war. His appointment comes amid growing fears for the safety of two French citizens still jailed in Tehran, and just over a week after…