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Europe and Iran Meet in Geneva With UN Sanctions Snapback Decision Days Away

An end-of-August deadline reflects a narrow window before the UN snapback provision expires in October.

General view of the Iranian Consulate where Iran holds nuclear talks with so-called E3 group of France, Britain and Germany, in Istanbul, Turkey, July 25, 2025. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya/File Photo
FILE - An Iranian security official in protective clothing walks through part of the Uranium Conversion Facility just outside the Iranian city of Isfahan, March 30, 2005. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
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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)

Overview

  • Senior officials convened Tuesday in Geneva for deputy-level talks with EU coordination, and Iran said it remains committed to diplomacy without detailing concessions.
  • France, Germany and the UK have warned they will trigger the JCPOA snapback by the end of August unless Iran restores IAEA access, accounts for its 60%-enriched stockpile and reengages in nuclear negotiations.
  • The snapback would start a 30-day process that automatically reimposes pre-2015 UN sanctions if no sustaining resolution passes, restoring arms and missile restrictions, asset freezes and travel bans.
  • IAEA inspectors have been blocked since June strikes on Iranian sites, leaving uncertainty over more than 400 kilograms of uranium enriched to 60% and the condition of damaged facilities.
  • Russia and China oppose European moves, and Moscow has circulated a draft to extend or delay the Resolution 2231 timeline, though no Security Council member can veto snapback once it is initiated.