Britain, France and Germany will seek to restart stalled nuclear talks with Iran and the United States, the three European countries said in a joint statement on Friday.

Their announcement came nearly two weeks after UN sanctions were reimposed on Iran, under a "snapback" process the three European nations had initiated and which became effective from September 28.

Iran has said that, following those revived sanctions, it would not immediately resume nuclear talks.

In their joint statement, Britain, France and Germany said: "We are determined to reinitiate negotiations with Iran and the United States towards a comprehensive, durable and verifiable agreement that ensures Iran never acquires a nuclear weapon."

A spokesman for the Iranian foreign ministry, Esmaeil Baqaei, on Monday said t

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