"The three European countries, known as the E3, have been warning Tehran for weeks that United Nations sanctions could be reimposed by October when a 2015 nuclear agreement between Tehran and major powers expires. The decision on Thursday opens a 30-day window before the sanctions are reimposed. It comes after a spokesman for Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned this week that renewing the sanctions would have consequences."
"Since 2019 and as of today, Iran has increasingly and deliberately ceased performing its JCPoA commitments, the French, German and British foreign ministers wrote in a letter to the UN Security Council on Thursday. This includes the accumulation of a high enriched uranium stockpile which lacks any credible civilian justification and is unprecedented for a state without a nuclear weapons programme, they said, adding that they remain committed to reaching a diplomatic solution."
France, Germany and the United Kingdom activated the United Nations snapback mechanism to reimpose sanctions on Iran after meetings failed to resolve disputes over Iran's nuclear programme. The move opens a 30-day window before sanctions are reimposed and follows warnings that UN measures could return by October when parts of the 2015 agreement expire. The E3 accuse Iran of breaching JCPOA commitments, notably accumulating a stockpile of highly enriched uranium without credible civilian justification. Iran's foreign minister rejected the action as unjustified, illegal and without legal basis and said Iran will respond to protect its national rights, while the E3 remain committed to a diplomatic solution.
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