US-Iran peace talks should include nuclear experts, EU foreign chief says

EU foreign chief Kaja Kallas warned that talks with Iran must include nuclear experts and address broader security issues, or any agreement risks being weaker and leaving Iran “more dangerous.” She also stressed that discussions should go beyond the nuclear deal to include missiles, regional proxy support, and cyber activities.

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April 24, 2026

US-Iran peace talks should include nuclear experts, EU foreign chief says

European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas arrives to attend an informal European leaders' summit in Ayia Napa, Cyprus April 23, 2026.

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Talks with Iran should include nuclear experts otherwise "we will end up with a more dangerous Iran", EU's foreign chief Kaja Kallas said on Friday.

"If the talks are only about the nuclear and there are no nuclear experts around the table, then we will end up with an agreement that is weaker than the JCPOA was," Kallas said, speaking ahead of an informal summit of EU leaders in Cyprus.

"And (if) the problems in the region, missile programmes, their support to proxies, also hybrid and cyber activities in Europe are not addressed, we will end up with a more dangerous Iran," she added.

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