The Iran nuclear deal is scheduled to take place on July 25 after the foreign ministers of the E3 countries, named after the European countries of France, Germany, and the UK, as well as the head of the European Union's foreign policy, held their first phone call on July 17 with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi since Israel and the US attacked Iran's nuclear facilities last month.
The three European countries, along with China and Russia, are party to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. The US also signed the deal but withdrew in 2018.
"The meeting between Iran, the UK, France and Germany will take place at the Deputy Foreign Minister level," said Iranian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Esmaeil Baghaei.
E3 warned that it would restore UN sanctions on Iran by the end of August if ongoing nuclear talks between Iran and the US, before Israel launched a surprise attack on Iran's nuclear facilities, were not resumed or did not achieve clear results.
Before the Israel-Iran conflict, Tehran and Washington held five nuclear talks mediated by Oman.
However, the talks face major obstacles, including uranium enrichment in Iran, in which Western powers want to reduce to zero to minimize any risks of armaments.
Tehran insists that Iran's nuclear program is for civilian purposes only.
Also on July 20, Russian President Vladimir Putin met at the Kremlin with senior adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader on nuclear issues, Ali Larijani.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that during the meeting, Mr. Larijani "received assessments of the escalation situation in the Middle East and around the Iranian nuclear program".
President Putin expressed "Russia's stance on stabilizing the situation in the region and on political solutions for the Iranian nuclear program".
