National April 2, 2021 PARIS: Officials from Iran, China, Russia, France, Germany and Britain will meet virtually today (Friday) to discuss a possible return of the United States to the 2015 nuclear deal, the European Union said in a statement on Thursday.The Biden administration has been seeking to engage Iran in talks about both sides resuming compliance with the deal, under which US and other economic sanctions on Tehran were removed in return for curbs on Iran’s nuclear programme to make it harder to develop a nuclear weapon, an ambition Tehran denies. US President Joe Biden’s predecessor, Donald Trump, withdrew from the deal in 2018 and reimposed US sanctions, prompting Iran, after waiting more than a year, to violate some of the pact’s nuclear restrictions in retaliation.