The Iranian and Russian foreign ministers have pointed out that the European trio lacks the legal and moral authority to invoke the JCPOA dispute resolution mechanism with the aim of reinstating previously annulled UN Security Council resolutions.
China reaffirmed its commitment to the peaceful resolution of Iran's nuclear issue and reiterated its opposition to invoking the United Nations Security Council's "snapback" mechanism.
Iran will withdraw from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) if the snapback mechanism is activated, Tehran lawmaker Malek Shariati has warned.
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.
An Iranian newspaper has urged policymakers to take the threat of the UN “snapback” mechanism seriously, warning that dismissing it as symbolic, similar to rhetoric used during former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s era, could have grave consequences for the country.
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.
Alaeddin Boroujerdi, senior member of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, revealed that during recent negotiations in Istanbul, European countries sought a six-month extension on the snapback mechanism under the JCPOA framework — a request firmly rejected by Iran.
President Masoud Pezeshkian emphasized that Iran is open to dialogue and does not seek war; however, Tehran's response to any potential recurrence of aggression will be firm.
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.
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi has stated that Tehran cannot give up on its uranium enrichment programme, which was severely damaged by waves of US and Israeli air attacks last month.
According to a report by Tasnim News Agency, Iran is currently reviewing a request from three European countries to resume negotiations over its nuclear program and the lifting of sanctions.
Esmaeil Kowsari, a member of
the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of Iran’s Parliament, downplayed the European threat to activate the so-called "snapback mechanism” under the Iran nuclear deal, JCPOA, saying its ultimate consequence—reimposing sanctions—has already been experienced by Iran.
A former Iranian ambassador has called on Tehran to urgently initiate talks with European countries to prevent the activation of the JCPOA nuclear deal's snapback mechanism, warning that time is running out.
In a sharply worded editorial, Iran’s Kayhan newspaper has called on the Iranian Parliament to pass legislation mandating withdrawal from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) if the Western parties activate the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)’s “snapback” mechanism.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the foreign ministers of France, Germany and the U.K. have agreed in a phone call to set the end of August as the de facto deadline for reaching a nuclear deal with Tehran, according to three sources with knowledge of the call.
Head of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Ebrahim Azizi has warned the European troika - Germany, France, and the UK - against triggering the snapback mechanism under the 2015 nuclear deal (JCPOA).
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Esmail Baqaei, responding to the threat by the three European countries to invoke the so-called snapback mechanism and reimpose international sanctions on Iran, pointed out that the UK, France, and Germany are fully aware that this measure has no legal basis or justification.
A former Iranian diplomat has dismissed claims that the US will definitely attack Iran if the two sides fail to reach an agreement on Tehran’s nuclear program.
The Western strategy of exerting pressure on Tehran to force its unilateral compliance with nuclear obligations is “not only ineffective but also counterproductive”, Iran’s envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohsen Naziri Asl has warned.
A former Iranian lawmaker has criticized Russia’s foreign policy and its role in the collapse of Iran’s nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, with the West.
The spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Esmaeil Baqaei, has warned the United Kingdom, France and Germany that a bid to trigger the so-called snapback provisions of the 2015 nuclear deal will trigger Tehran’s counteraction.
