Emmanuel Dunand/AFP via Getty Images EU foreign ministers schedule extraordinary meeting to discuss Iran Ministers are scheduled to meet in Brussels on Friday.

EU foreign ministers will hold an extraordinary meeting in Brussels on Friday to discuss the situation in the Middle East after the killing of a top Iranian general, diplomats said.

Four EU diplomats said the meeting was scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday. The EU's External Action Service said it could not immediately confirm the meeting was taking place.

The announcement comes after EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Sunday issued a personal invitation for Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to visit Brussels. However, two EU diplomats said there was no indication so far that Zarif would join Friday's meeting, although one of them said such a scenario could not be ruled out.

Borrell on Sunday also sent a letter to EU countries saying Zarif had told him that Iran does not want to escalate tensions following the U.S. killing of leading general Qassem Soleimani.

Zarif also announced on Sunday evening that Iran was taking a fifth and final “remedial step” away from its undertakings in the Iran nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. This has raised concerns that the deal could fully collapse, even though Zarif said the moves were within the terms of the agreement.