<span style="color: black;">Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has said that Iran is ready to hold talks with world powers to revive its 2015 nuclear accord but not under Western pressure. He further said Tehran was seeking negotiations leading to a lifting of U.S. sanctions.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: black;">France and Germany have urged Iran to return to negotiations after a break in talks following Iranian elections in June. Paris is demanding an immediate restart amid Western concerns over Tehran's expanding atomic work.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: black;">Last month, France, Germany and Britain voiced concern about reports from the U.N. nuclear watchdog confirming Iran has produced uranium metal-enriched up to 20% fissile purity for the first time. The country lifted the production capacity of uranium enriched to 60%.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: black;">Iran says its nuclear programme is peaceful, that it has informed the watchdog about its activities, and that its moves away from the 2015 deal would be reversed if the United States returned to the accord and lifted sanctions.</span><br />''