European foreign ministers have urged Iran to resume negotiations with Donald Trump’s administration to ensure the US does not join Israel’s war against the Islamic republic.
A person briefed on Friday’s negotiations in Geneva said the French, German and UK ministers warned their Iranian counterpart that Tehran may have to give up its red line of refusing to negotiate with Washington while under Israeli attack to “prevent the US from joining the operation”.
“Both Israel and the US have agreed with our position that peace can only be achieved through diplomacy,” the person said. “However, we told [the Iranians] that US military intervention is something that is actually being planned right now.”