June 20, 2025 9:34 PM
Iran rejects nuclear talks as West Asia conflict enters second week
As the war between Israel and Iran enters its eighth day, European foreign ministers are meeting with Iranian officials in Geneva in a last-ditch effort to de-escalate tensions that have already begun to rattle global energy markets and regional stability. The E3 bloc—comprising France, Britain, and Germany—has resumed high-level negotiations with Iran, amid what diplomats are calling the most dangerous security crisis in the region in over a decade. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, ...