Iran said it would continue nuclear talks with European powers after "serious, frank, and detailed" conversations on Friday, the first such face-to-face meeting since Israel and the U.S. bombed Iran last month.

Diplomatic meeting in Istanbul between Tehran and E3 countries is first since Israel and US attacked Iran in mid-June.

Exactly a decade after European powers helped forge the landmark 2015 nuclear deal, Britain, France and Germany met with Tehran in a last-ditch effort to salvage diplomatic engagement before threatened sanctions take effect.