{"id":12571,"date":"2025-04-12T03:20:22","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T03:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/12571\/"},"modified":"2025-04-12T03:20:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T03:20:22","slug":"germany-urges-diplomatic-solution-to-irans-nuclear-program-ahead-of-us-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/12571\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany urges diplomatic solution to Iran\u2019s nuclear program ahead of US talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BERLIN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Germany on Friday reiterated its call for a diplomatic solution to ongoing concerns over Iran\u2019s nuclear program ahead of upcoming US-Iran talks in Oman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe remain extremely concerned about the Iranian nuclear program, and we have repeatedly emphasized that the situation has escalated further on Iran&#8217;s side in recent months,\u201d Foreign Ministry spokesperson Christian Wagner told reporters in Berlin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere have been massive expansions of enrichment capacities, and in this respect, resolving this issue is becoming increasingly urgent,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n<p>Wagner said Germany welcomes the renewed US-Iran dialogue and emphasized that the \u201cultimate goal is a diplomatic solution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that Berlin remains in close coordination with Washington regarding the parallel negotiations between Iran and the E3 group \u2013 Germany, France and the UK.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Talks come amid growing threats<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>US State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said Thursday that the planned talks between Washington and Tehran are \u201ca good first step\u201d to assess Iran\u2019s commitment to diplomacy.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed the direct talks would take place this weekend, with US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff expected to meet a senior Iranian official in Oman to discuss Iran\u2019s nuclear program.<\/p>\n<p>Tensions have risen following remarks by Ali Shamkhani, a senior adviser to Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who warned that Tehran could expel International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors if threats against the country continue.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to the warning, Bruce called the potential expulsion \u201can escalation and a miscalculation on Iran&#8217;s part.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United States remains deeply concerned that Iran is amassing a growing stockpile of highly enriched uranium for which there is no credible peaceful purpose,\u201d she said. \u201cIran is the only non-nuclear weapon state producing highly enriched uranium at this level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Iran and world powers signed a nuclear agreement in 2015 for curbs on Tehran\u2019s nuclear activities in exchange for sanctions relief. However, US President Donald Trump withdrew from the deal in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Trump says Iran must not be allowed to have a nuclear weapon and has warned of military action if the talks do not succeed.<\/p>\n<p>Iran, meanwhile, argues its nuclear program is for civilian energy purposes only.<\/p>\n<p>                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/p\/subscription\/1001\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-size:12px; color:#444; text-decoration:none;\" rel=\"noopener\">&#13;<br \/>\n                                    Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. <b style=\"color:#1897F7\">Please contact us for subscription options.<\/b>&#13;<br \/>\n                                <\/a>&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BERLIN Germany on Friday reiterated its call for a diplomatic solution to ongoing concerns over Iran\u2019s nuclear program&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12572,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[5340,2000,299,1824,774,978],"class_list":{"0":"post-12571","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-anadolu-ajansi","9":"tag-eu","10":"tag-europe","11":"tag-germany","12":"tag-iran","13":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114322841454514923","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}