Teheran, July 21 -- Iran, France, Germany and the United Kingdom will hold nuclear talks in Istanbul on Friday (July 25) following warnings by the three European countries that failure to resume negotiations would lead to international sanctions being reimposed on Tehran.

"These talks will be held in Istanbul on Friday at the level of deputy foreign ministers with the participation of (Iranian deputy foreign minister Majid) Takht-Ravanchi and (Iranian deputy foreign minister for international affairs Kazem] Gharibabadi," IRIB agency quoted Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei as saying.

The annoucement of date for talks come after foreign ministers of the E3 nations as well as the European Union's foreign policy chief, hel...