Three European powers will meet with an Iranian minister to try to reopen negotiations over Iran’s nuclear activities and avoid reimposing harsh sanctions.

Iran faces a renewal of UN-mandated sanctions within weeks unless it returns to negotiations on the future of its nuclear program and allows international inspections of its facilities.

If Iran's nuclear program is no longer under credible international monitoring, it poses a serious risk of proliferation. Tehran insists it does not seek nuclear weapons in response to Western and the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) accusations, although it has enriched uranium to near bomb-grade.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said President Donald Trump has laid bare Washington's true goal toward Iran—submission.

Iran will stand strongly against the United States wanting to make Tehran 'obedient', the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in comments carried by state media on Sunday. "Those who threaten us to have direct negotiations with the U.