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E3–Iran Talks Set in Geneva as Snapback Deadline Nears

The Geneva session serves as a last‑ditch test of whether verifiable nuclear monitoring steps can head off the return of UN sanctions.

Two fishermen are sailing along a beach near the Bushehr nuclear power plant in a coastal village on the northern coast of the Persian Gulf in Bushehr province, 1090km (677 miles) south of Tehran, Iran, on April 29, 2024. The Bushehr nuclear power plant, Iran's first and only active nuclear power plant, was fully operationalized and connected to the national electricity grid in 2011 after a long history of construction delays and political challenges. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via AP)
Representatives of Iran and six major powers meet in Vienna, Austria on April 24, 2015, seeking to finalise a historic deal curbing Iran´s nuclear program three weeks after reaching a framework agreement in Lausanne, Swizerland.
In this picture released by the official website of the Iranian Army on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, a missile is fired from a vessel during Iranian navy drill in the Gulf of Oman and the Indian Ocean.

Overview

  • Deputy foreign ministers from Iran and the E3 will meet Tuesday in Geneva as Britain, France, and Germany signal they are ready to initiate UN snapback by the end of August without tangible progress.
  • Under UN Resolution 2231, triggering snapback starts a 30‑day clock after which pre‑2010 UN sanctions automatically resume unless the Security Council adopts a resolution to keep relief in place.
  • Tehran halted routine IAEA cooperation after June airstrikes, and the agency has flagged concern over more than 400 kilograms of uranium enriched to about 60 percent.
  • Iran rejects the Europeans’ legal standing and warns of serious consequences, while Russia and China publicly oppose the move and question the E3 strategy.
  • European diplomats are weighing a brief extension tied to concrete commitments on monitoring and talks, with options constrained by the October 18 expiry of key JCPOA and UN provisions.