The European Union and Britain met for crisis talks with Iran on Friday to try to determine a way out of the escalating conflict between Iran and Israel over Tehran's nuclear development program.

The meeting in Geneva will be the first high-level face-to-face diplomacy with Tehran since Israel launched its attacks on Iran a week ago. It follows a statement from Trump on Thursday that there could be new talks with Iran in the “near future”.

Iran's progress toward having a nuclear weapon is central to the current conflict between Israel and Iran. Before launching recent attacks against Iran's nuclear sites, Israel said it had evidence Tehran was on the brink of building a nuclear weapon.

After a week of fighting between Israel and Iran, President Donald Trumps says he could decide within the next two weeks whether the United States will strike Iran, keeping the chance of more negotiations open.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Thursday to strike all of Iran’s nuclear facilities and claimed his country is “ahead of schedule” in its military operations against Iran. Netanyahu made the comments during an interview with local media,