The foreign ministers of the U.K., France and Germany will tell their Iranian counterpart on Friday that the U.S. is open to direct talks, even as it considers joining Israeli strikes intended to smash Tehran's nuclear capacity, diplomats said before a meeting in Geneva.

The meeting in Geneva would be the first face-to-face diplomatic communication with Iran since Israel’s attack

The foreign ministers of Germany, France and Britain plan to hold nuclear talks with their Iranian counterpart on Friday in Geneva, a German diplomatic source told Reuters.