By Patrick Kingsley and Mark Landler
A day of talks involving representatives of Iran and Europe on Friday in Geneva broke up with no signs of a breakthrough, as top diplomats mounted an effort to avert a dangerous escalation in the weeklong conflict between Israel and Iran even as the sides pummeled each other from the air.
Iran sent a barrage of missiles into Israel on Friday that struck in several cities, according to Israeli broadcasters and the country’s main emergency service. Earlier, Israel announced it had conducted overnight strikes on missile factories and a research center linked to Iran’s nuclear program.
Both sides traded fire even as diplomats from Britain, France, Germany and the European Union were meeting with an Iranian delegation in Switzerland to try to cool the conflict. Expectations for the meeting were restrained, given the ongoing strikes in Israel and Iran and the wide gaps between Iran and the United States in their now-suspended negotiations about limits on Iran’s nuclear program.
Before the talks began, Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said Tehran was not interested in negotiating an end to the war until Israel stopped its attacks. The meeting ended hours later with statements that appeared to signal both optimism and urgency.
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