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Geneva Talks Yield No Deal as E3 Poise Snapback of UN Sanctions on Iran

European ministers set a month‑end trigger conditioned on restored IAEA access and credible diplomatic steps.

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

  • Deputy‑level meetings in Geneva between Iran and Britain, France and Germany ended without a final outcome, diplomats said.
  • The E3 say they will invoke the JCPOA snapback by the end of August, launching a 30‑day UN Security Council process that automatically restores pre‑2015 sanctions if no resolution sustains relief.
  • Any short extension would require Iran to reopen sites to IAEA inspectors, engage in talks including with the United States, and account for roughly 408–409 kilograms of uranium enriched to 60%.
  • Russia and China oppose the European move; Moscow has circulated a draft seeking a six‑month delay, though no country can veto snapback once it is triggered.
  • Iran disputes the E3’s legal authority and warns of consequences up to quitting the NPT, as IAEA access remains suspended following June strikes on nuclear facilities.