Iran denies reported meeting with European officials in Austria

Iran said Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi was heading to New York, not Vienna, as sanctions over the country’s nuclear programme loom

An Iranian official denied a state media report on Sunday that Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi was to meet officials from Britain, France and Germany in Vienna as sanctions over Tehran’s nuclear programme loom again.

Nournews had reported the talks, without giving a date.

But an Iranian Foreign Ministry official told Reuters that was not the case, with Araqchi heading to New York, not Vienna.

The European countries have proposed a conditional delay of up to six months on the reimposition of sanctions on Iran.