France, July 21 -- Iran, Britain, France and Germany will hold talks about Iran's nuclear programme in Istanbul on Friday, an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson confirmed on Monday.

"The meeting will take place at the deputy foreign minister level," Esmaeil Baghaei told Iranian state media.

The announcement comes less than a week after French diplomats added their weight to European efforts to convince Iranian authorities to clarify their future plans on nuclear power.

Last Thursday, theforeign ministers of France, Britain and Germany - the E3 nations - as well as the European Union's foreign policy chief, held their first call with Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchisince Israel and the United States attacked Iranian nuclear fac...