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Europe and Iran Open Istanbul Nuclear Talks Under End-August Snapback Deadline

The three European powers are pressing Iran to provide verifiable nuclear limits or face snapback of U.N. sanctions at the end of August.

FILE - Ian's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Kazem Gharibabadi, waits for the start of the IAEA board of governors meeting at the International Center in Vienna, Austria, Nov. 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, 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.
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Overview

  • Representatives from Germany, France and the UK have convened in Istanbul to seek binding commitments on Iran’s nuclear activities before their self-imposed deadline.
  • The E3 have warned that failure to secure verifiable limits will automatically trigger the JCPOA snapback mechanism and reinstate U.N. sanctions.
  • Iran’s foreign minister and deputy foreign minister have insisted on maintaining sovereign uranium enrichment rights and called for legal guarantees against military strikes.
  • Despite mid-June U.S. and Israeli strikes on three nuclear sites, the International Atomic Energy Agency reports that Iran retains technical capacity to enrich uranium up to 60 percent.
  • Tehran says it will only resume direct talks with Washington if the U.S. implements meaningful trust-building measures, leaving prospects for a breakthrough uncertain.