Iran and European powers remained at loggerheads on Tuesday to strike a last-ditch deal to avert the reimposition of U.N. sanctions before a September 27 deadline, but both sides left the door open for further talks.

The foreign ministers of France, Britain and Germany – the so-called E3 – along with the EU’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas held talks with their Iranian counterpart on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly.

“Diplomacy has a chance. The deadlines are running, and let’s see. We need to see some real action also on the Iranian side,” Kallas told reporters.

On August 28, the E3 launched a 30-day process to reimpose U.N. sanctions, which ends on September 27, accusing Tehran of failing to abide by a 2015 deal with world powers aimed at preventing it from developing a nu

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