Biden, Europeans take up Iran nuclear program in Rome talks

October 30 meeting comes days after American officials blamed Iran for a drone attack on a remote U.S. outpost in Syria

As makes troubling advances, President Joe Biden is set to huddle October 30 with European allies to talk through strategy as they press for a diplomatic resolution — and to plan for the possibility Iran declines to return to the negotiating table.

The meeting with the leaders of Germany, France, and Britain — known as the E3 — comes at a pivotal time, as Iran continues to enrich uranium to near-weapons-grade levels. President Biden is trying to revive the 2015 nuclear deal and bring Iran back into compliance with the pact that would have kept the Islamic republic at least one year away from the potential to field a nuclear weapon.

U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan said the meeting with Germany’s Angela Merkel, France’s Emmanuel Macron, and Britain's Boris Johnson would feature the leaders “all singing from the same song sheet on this issue.”