Reuters on Thursday quoted a senior US official as saying Washington would be ready to hold talks with Iran if the European Union extended an invitation, showing �an�apparent break with the previous administration�s stance against the deal.

We are ready to show up if such a meeting were to take place,� the official told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity, after talks among the U.S., British, French and German foreign ministers. Earlier, a senior EU official said he was prepared to convene such a meeting among the parties to the deal: Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States.

In May 2018, Trump unilaterally pulled his country out of the JCPOA�and re-imposed the sanctions that had been lifted under the UN-endorsed deal.