Foreign Minister spokesman Esmail Baghai said the meeting of the deputy foreign ministers of Iran, France, Germany and the United Kingdom would take place on November 29, without specifying the venue.
"A number of regional and international issues and topics will be discussed, including the problems of Palestine and Lebanon, as well as the nuclear issue," the foreign ministry spokesman said.
Baghaei described the upcoming meeting as a follow-up to talks held with the parties in September on the sidelines of the annual UN General Assembly session in New York.
On November 21, the 35-nation board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) adopted a resolution condemning Iran for what it called a lack of cooperation.
The move comes at a time when tensions have risen over Iran's nuclear programme, which critics fear is aimed at developing a nuclear weapon - something Tehran has repeatedly denied.
This was also after the head of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi, returned from a trip to Tehran where he appeared to have made progress.
During the visit, Iran agreed to the IAEA's demand to limit its sensitive stockpile of near-weapon-grade uranium to 60% purity.
In response to the resolution, Iran announced it was launching "a series of new and improved centrifuges."
Centrifuges enrich uranium converted to gas by spinning it at very high speed, increasing the proportion of fissile isotopic material (U-235).
"We will significantly increase the enrichment capacity with the use of different types of advanced machines," said Behrouz Kamalvandi, a spokesman for Iran's Atomic Energy Organization.
However, the country also announced that it plans to continue its "technical and safeguards cooperation with the IAEA".
Iran's President Massoud Pezeshqiang, who has been in power since July and favours dialogue with Western countries, said he wanted to remove "doubts and uncertainties" about his country's nuclear programme.
In 2015, he said. Iran and world powers reached an agreement that provided for the easing of international sanctions against Tehran in exchange for curbs on its nuclear programme.
In 2018, however, under then-President Donald Trump, the United States unilaterally withdrew from the agreement and reimposed biting economic sanctions, prompting Iran to begin reneging on its own commitments.
Since 2021, Tehran has reduced its cooperation with the IAEA, disabling devices to monitor its nuclear program and barring UN inspectors.
At the same time, it has increased its stockpile of enriched uranium and its enrichment level to 60%.
According to the IAEA, this level is close to the threshold of over 90% required for a nuclear warhead, and is significantly higher than the 3.67% limit it agreed to in 2015 | BGNES
