Iran will resume talks tomorrow, Tuesday, in Geneva on its nuclear program with France, Britain, and Germany — three of the parties to the 2015 agreement with Tehran designed to restrict its nuclear activities. These countries have threatened to reimpose sanctions against Iran, according to Iranian state television.

“This new round of negotiations,” following the previous one in July in Istanbul, “will be held at the level of deputy foreign ministers in Geneva,” state TV reported. Iran will be represented by Majid Takht-Ravanchi, according to the Tasnim news agency.

Until now, the location of the new talks had not been confirmed.

France, Britain, and Germany — along with China, Russia, and the United States — concluded a 2015 agreement with Iran that imposed significant restrictions on its nuclear program in exchange for the gradual lifting of UN sanctions.

However, the United States withdrew from the deal in 2018 under Donald Trump’s first term in the White House. In response, Tehran violated some of its commitments, mainly regarding uranium enrichment.

France, Britain, and Germany have threatened to reimpose UN sanctions on Iran if no solution is reached through negotiations with Tehran by the end of August.

Iran disputes the legality of the Europeans invoking a clause in the 2015 agreement to justify such action.

When the U.S. withdrew from the deal, France, Britain, and Germany reaffirmed their commitment to its implementation, saying they wanted to continue trade with Iran. As a result, the three European countries did not reimpose UN sanctions at that time.

However, the European mechanism intended to offset the return of U.S. sanctions faced difficulties, and many Western companies were forced to leave Iran, which continues to struggle with high inflation and economic crisis.

According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Iran is the only country without nuclear weapons that enriches uranium at a high level (60%), well above the 3.67% cap set by the 2015 deal.

To build a nuclear bomb, uranium enrichment would have to reach about 90%, according to the IAEA.

Western countries — led by the U.S. and joined by Israel, sworn enemy of the Islamic Republic — have long suspected that Iran seeks to develop an atomic bomb.

Tehran strongly denies having any such military ambitions but insists on its right to nuclear energy for non-military purposes.

Meanwhile, the progress of Iran’s nuclear program remains the subject of much speculation following the 12-day war between Israel and Iran in June and U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.