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Iran Seeks Last-Minute Call With E3 to Head Off U.N. Sanctions Snapback

With IAEA access cut off, the E3’s August 31 snapback deadline forces last‑minute diplomacy.

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Overview

  • Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, scheduled a Friday phone conference with his French, German and British counterparts, with the European Union’s chief diplomat expected to join.
  • France, Germany and the United Kingdom warned in an Aug. 8 letter that they will trigger snapback by Aug. 31 without a satisfactory solution, as the JCPOA’s snapback authority approaches an October expiry.
  • Tehran suspended routine cooperation with the IAEA after June’s conflict, leaving inspectors without insight into a stockpile enriched to about 60% purity, and the agency’s Board of Governors found Iran in noncompliance in June.
  • Russia and China publicly dispute the Europeans’ legal standing to activate snapback and have signaled they would not recognize such a move under U.N. Security Council Resolution 2231.
  • The United States announced new sanctions targeting a global oil‑smuggling network tied to Iranian exports, adding economic pressure as Europe weighs whether to reimpose U.N. measures.