Iran held talks on Tuesday with European powers, seeking to avert a sanctions snapback which they have threatened to impose under the moribund 2015 nuclear deal.

Kazem Gharibabadi, an Iranian deputy foreign minister who attended the talks with Britain, France and Germany in Geneva, said in a post on X it was "high time" for the European trio "to make the right choice and give diplomacy time and space".

"It was decided that contacts between the two sides would continue in the coming days," foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei told state TV after the talks ended.

The European trio -- parties to the landmark 2015 Iran nuclear deal -- have threatened to trigger the accord's "snapback mechanism" by the end of August.

Tuesday's meeting was the second round of talks with European diploma

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