Overview

• Iran says Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will speak Friday with his French, German and British counterparts, with the EU’s top diplomat joining, to seek a path that avoids snapback.
• Russia and China publicly contest the E3’s legal right to invoke snapback, with Moscow calling the threat “blackmail” and Beijing warning of “unpredictable and catastrophic” consequences.
• Tehran says it has coordinated joint countermeasures with Moscow and Beijing and argues renewed U.N. sanctions would bite less than existing unilateral U.S. penalties.
• The IAEA has been cut off from routine monitoring since June strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, and Iran’s enrichment has included production of 60% uranium, deepening European concerns.
• Reinstated U.N. measures would restore the arms embargo and missile and drone restrictions as key JCPOA constraints approach expiration in October.