France, June 19 -- Foreign ministers from Britain, France and Germany, along with the EU's top diplomat, will meet their Iranian counterpart in Geneva on Friday for talks on Iran's nuclear programme.

The meeting comes amid calls from European capitals to calm tensions between Israel and Iran, after Israeli strikes last week targeted Iran's nuclear sites and missile factories. The attack also killed senior Iranian military and nuclear officials.

Tensions have been rising over Iran's expanding nuclear activities.

"We will meet with the European delegation," Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a statement carried by the state news agency IRNA.

European officials confirmed the talks, saying French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Bar...