Just days away from a European deadline, Iran said Friday its foreign minister would hold a telephone conference call with his French, German and British counterparts to avoid the reimposition of United Nations sanctions over Tehran's nuclear program.

IRANIAN Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi spoke by phone with his French, German and British counterparts today to avoid the reimposition of United Nations sanctions over Tehrans nuclear programme.The call came after the three countries threatened to invoke the “snapback” provision of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal by the end of this month,

The clash over Iran's nuclear program is escalating, with U.S. sanctions and Europe's snapback threat putting Tehran under maximum pressure.