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Senior Iranian and European diplomats held “serious, frank, and detailed” talks in Istanbul on Friday amid escalating tensions between Tehran and the West.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump defended last month’s American strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities, saying Washington would “do it again, if necessary.”

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the foreign ministers of France, Germany, and the UK have agreed to set the end of August as a de facto deadline for reaching a nuclear deal with Iran, Axios reported Tuesday.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi announced that Tehran will continue cooperating with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), but under a new framework aimed at ensuring the security of its nuclear facilities.

U.S. President Donald Trump announced Monday that the United States has scheduled talks with Iran, stating, “They’ve requested a meeting... and if we can put something down on paper, that will be fine.”

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday.

Tehran’s Evin Prison, known for housing political prisoners including Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi, was severely damaged in an Israeli airstrike on June 23, just one day before a ceasefire took effect.

US President Donald Trump said Monday he has made no offers to Iran and is not in talks with the country, rejecting claims by Senator Chris Coons.

Iran announced Saturday it will ban International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi from entering the country and will no longer permit surveillance cameras at its nuclear facilities.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Friday called for a U.S.-Iran agreement to prevent further conflict in the region, following recent airstrikes and rising tensions between Iran and Israel.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday there is no intelligence indicating Iran moved any highly enriched uranium before recent U.S. airstrikes on its nuclear facilities.

Global energy prices fell sharply on Tuesday, retreating below pre-conflict levels after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcomed the newly declared ceasefire between Iran and Israel, expressing hope that both sides will honor the truce and respond positively to “my friend Trump’s call” for calm.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump declared on Tuesday that both Israel and Iran sought to end their recent conflict, crediting himself for halting the war after allegedly destroying Iran’s nuclear capabilities.