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Iran’s permanent representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Reza Najafi, criticized a draft resolution proposed by the US and three European countries at the IAEA Board of Governors, calling it an attempt to impose “unjustified and illegal” reporting obligations on the agency’s Director General.
Iran’s Foreign Minister emphasized that the claims made by the United States and the three European countries — the United Kingdom, France, and Germany...
Iran summoned the ambassadors representing European states in Tehran, strongly protesting an earlier interventionist statement issued by the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) and the European Union concerning Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf and its missile might.
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araqchi rejected the US and European troika’s bid to revive UN sanctions via the snapback mechanism of the JCPOA as baseless and illegal, warning that it undermines United Nations Security Council resolution 2231 and the UN’s credibility.
Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Aragchi asserted that the European trio of the UK, France, and Germany’s efforts aimed at reviving the United Nations Security Council’s sanctions against Iran are “null and void” and carry no legal force.
Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has called the Israeli regime’s and the United States’ unprovoked attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities in June “a dark and dangerous chapter” in the history of the non-proliferation regime.
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araqchi is set to meet with the foreign ministers of Germany, France and UK in New York this week, with the European Union’s foreign policy chief also expected to attend.
Iran has condemned as “unlawful, unjustified and provocative” the European action to restore United Nations sanctions under the so-called snapback mechanism.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has urged France, Germany, and Britain, jointly known as the E3, to act “responsibly” and “independently” in the face of mounting pressure to re-impose UN sanctions on Tehran.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has warned the United Kingdom, France, and Germany that if they keep up their ongoing intense efforts to reactivate the UN Security Council’s sanctions against Iran, they will risk incurring irreparable damage.
Head of Iran’s Parliamentary Research Center Babak Negahdari has warned that normalizing economic relations with the West is nearly impossible in the current geopolitical climate.
An Iranian official has warned the UK, France, and Germany that it would stop interaction with the United Nations nuclear watchdog if the trio managed to have the United Nations Security Council restore its sanctions against Tehran.
Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmail Baqaei, referring to Tuesday’s meeting between Iranian and European officials in Geneva, said that it was agreed the contacts between the two sides would continue in the coming days, expressing hope that this process would safeguard Iran’s rights and national interests.
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi has urged the E3 and the United Nations Security Council to grant diplomacy the necessary time and space, amid European threats to invoke the JCPOA’s snapback mechanism, to prevent the expiration of the UN resolution enshrining the accord.
The spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry stressed that the European parties are not authorized to invoke the snapback mechanism to reinstate UN Security Council sanctions against the Islamic Republic
Iran and the European trio, Germany, France, and the UK, are set to hold a new round of nuclear talks in Geneva on Tuesday, according to Iranian media reports.
France, Germany, and the United Kingdom have told the United Nations they are ready to reinstate sanctions on Iran if it does not return to negotiations with the international community over its nuclear programme, the Financial Times daily has reported.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmail Baqaei said on Monday that negotiations with three European countries have not stopped, although no agreement has been reached yet on when or where talks will take place.
Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has warned that activation of the UN "snapback" mechanism by European countries could lead to political and diplomatic setbacks, though its economic impact on Iran would be limited.
Iran has submitted an official letter to the UN Secretary-General and members of the Security Council declaring the reactivation of the “snapback” mechanism to unleash sanctions as illegal and lacking legal basis, according to senior Iranian officials.
The spokesperson for the Iranian administration has dismissed the notion that the negotiations between Tehran and the European troika are directed at reaching a deal, saying the negotiations about the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program have run into a complicated situation.
Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Esmail Baqaei, has stressed that the European parties to the nuclear deal, the JCPOA, have no authority to invoke the so‑called snapback mechanism to reinstate anti‑Iran sanctions, and that this has been officially communicated to them.
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs said during the meeting in Istanbul with the three European countries, serious and frank discussions were held, and that Iran presented its principled positions, including on the so-called snapback mechanism. It was agreed that consultations would continue.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmail Baqaei has called the meeting in Istanbul between Iran and the three European signatories of the JCPOA, Germany, France, and the UK, a “valuable opportunity” to reassess Europe’s position on Iran’s nuclear program.
Iran has told the United Nations that France, Germany and the United Kingdom no longer count as participants in the 2015 nuclear accord, charging that they backed Israel’s recent 12‑day assault and Washington’s “maximum‑pressure” campaign against Iran.
