Iran‘s foreign minister will meet with European leaders in Geneva on Friday as President Donald Trump mulls whether to involve American forces in Israel’s conflict against Iran. Europe has had a more passive posture than America on diplomacy with Iran,

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met British foreign minister David Lammy on Thursday and held separate calls with Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot and Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani to discuss the war between U.

Given the Israeli strikes and Trump's rhetoric, diplomats said Iran was in no position to hold public talks with the U.S., but that a meeting with the Europeans as a link to try and advance diplomacy was deemed more realistic for Tehran.