By Parisa Hafezi and John Irish DUBAI/PARIS (Reuters) -Iran will hold talks in Rome on Friday with European parties to their now moribund 2015 nuclear deal, its foreign minister said on Wednesday, as both sides seek to position themselves ahead of a new round of U.

Iran says the next round of negotiations over its rapidly advancing nuclear program it will have with the United States will be in Rome on Saturday.

Washington opposes Tehran’s insistence on retaining the ability to enrich uranium, but U.S. calls latest round “productive.”