snapback mechanism - صفحه 5

Senior Iranian and European diplomats are set to meet in New York on Tuesday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, with discussions expected to focus on Iran’s nuclear file and the looming snapback dispute.

Ali Larijani, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), said Western powers are making “unacceptable demands,” stressing that Tehran would accept a proposal only if it is reasonable, fair, and guarantees Iran’s national interests.

Iran warns that any move by Britain, France, and Germany to reinstate UN sanctions through the " snapback mechanism " would create “new conditions” that nullify its recent agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) signed in Cairo.

Iran’s First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref warned that any attempt by the European trio to reinstate United Nations sanctions will ultimately fail, just as their support for Saddam Hussein during the imposed war and their years of sanctions brought them no tangible gains. He emphasized that Tehran has already prepared economic forecasts and contingency measures to ensure resilience under any extraordinary conditions.

The officials of Iran and the three European powers will hold talks in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meeting in the coming days.

Hossein Noshabadi, Director General for Parliamentary Affairs at Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and former member of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of Parliament, strongly condemned the recent move by the E3 — the UK, Germany, and France — to trigger the so-called snapback mechanism against Iran. He described the action as “illegal, provocative, and in clear violation of international obligations,” stressing that the three European states must be held accountable for its consequences.

By Homayoun Barkhor | English Desk Editor & Foreign Policy Analyst, Borna News Agency: The failure of a U.N. Security Council draft to extend sanctions relief for Iran did not leave a vacuum. Instead, it accelerated confrontation. With that text blocked, Britain, France, and Germany have moved to trigger the “snapback” mechanism—a tool meant to automatically restore prior U.N. restrictions against Tehran. In Western capitals, snapback is framed as necessary pressure. Across the East and Global South, it is seen as coercion without consensus. Russia, China, Pakistan, Cuba, and others have already said openly they will not recognize its legitimacy.

Esmaeil Kowsari, a member of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, said in an exclusive interview with Borna that Iran is prepared to withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) if Western countries activate the so-called snapback mechanism , stressing that “it will ultimately be the Western powers who must chase after us, not the other way around.”

The Supreme National Security Council of Iran, chaired by President Masoud Pezeshkian, has decided to suspend cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) following the irresponsible and politically motivated actions of the United Kingdom, France, and Germany regarding Iran’s nuclear program.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez has strongly condemned the recent UN Security Council vote on snapback sanctions against Iran. In his post on X (formerly Twitter), Rodríguez rejected the decision, saying it undermines Iran’s sovereign right to peacefully pursue its nuclear program and further erodes stability in the Middle East.

The Russian Foreign Ministry issued a strongly worded statement on Saturday, denouncing the latest UN Security Council vote on the reimposition of sanctions on Iran, arguing that the move had “nothing to do with diplomacy” and calling for firm resistance against what it described as Western and U.S. “dictatorship and pseudo-legal nihilism” in international affairs.

Iran’s ambassador to Spain has warned that Europe is undermining its own diplomatic leverage by pushing for the activation of the UN “snapback” mechanism, calling it a lose-lose equation that benefits neither Tehran nor Europe.

Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said that if the snapback mechanism is activated next week, Iran’s recent agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Cairo will be suspended.

Pakistan Permanent envoy to the UN warned that invoking the snapback and re-imposition of UN sanctions on Iran could further complicate the situation.

Senior Iranian diplomats have dismissed European efforts to trigger the UN sanctions snapback mechanism as politically motivated and biased, noting that the three European parties to the 2015 nuclear deal are following the US lead.

China and Russia hold the ability to obstruct the enforcement of UN sanctions on Iran even if the “snapback” mechanism is formally triggered, according to international lawyer and foreign policy analyst Reza Nasri.

Iran has condemned as “unlawful, unjustified and provocative” the European attempt to restore United Nations sanctions under the so-called snapback mechanism .

Iran has expressed strong criticism of French President Emmanuel Macron for addressing an Israeli television channel to dismiss a “reasonable” proposal put forward by Tehran aimed at preventing the snapback of sanctions, and to declare the matter as a “done deal.”

The UN Security Council has voted against extending international sanctions relief for Iran under the 2015 nuclear deal.

Iran’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani, strongly rejected the European trio’s attempt to trigger the snapback of sanctions, telling the UN Security Council that Resolution 2231 must be implemented exactly as agreed and warning that today’s move is “hasty, unlawful, and politically motivated.”