Overview

• Talks in Geneva between Iran and France, the UK and Germany concluded without a final agreement, though both sides signaled that contacts will continue in the coming days.
• The three European powers have set a late‑August deadline and told the UN Security Council they are prepared to trigger the JCPOA snapback if Iran does not show readiness for a diplomatic solution.
• Reactivating snapback would swiftly restore pre‑2015 UN measures, including the conventional arms embargo, missile restrictions, asset freezes, travel bans and bans on nuclear‑related technology.
• European concerns center on Iran’s suspension of routine IAEA cooperation after the June fighting and its stockpile that includes uranium enriched to about 60% purity, with more than 400 kilograms of highly enriched material cited by diplomats.
• Russia has proposed delaying the snapback mechanism’s expiration to next spring and is set to preside over the Security Council in October, moves expected to complicate any push to reimpose UN sanctions.