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29 August 2025 - Iran Special Weapons News
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- European Powers Trigger Mechanism To Snap Back UN Sanctions On Iran RFE/RL 29 Aug 2025 -- Britain, France, and Germany have triggered the so-called snapback mechanism of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal to reinstate UN sanctions against Tehran.
- Iran must take the necessary steps to address the international community's serious concerns over its nuclear programme: Joint statement on the decision to trigger the snapback mechanism to end sanctions relief against Iran UK FCDO 29 Aug 2025 -- Joint statement delivered by Ambassador Barbara Woodward, UK Permanent Representative to the UN, on behalf of France, Germany and the United Kingdom.
- Iran Weighs Response As 'Snapback' Sanctions Set in Motion RFE/RL 29 Aug 2025 -- The Iranian leadership is pondering numerous countermeasures following a decision by France, Germany, and the United Kingdom - the so-called E3 - to formally trigger the UN's "snapback" mechanism, moving to restore sanctions on Iran over what they call "grave noncompliance" with the 2015 nuclear deal.
- Iran's Fragile Economy Braces For More Instability After Sanctions Snapback RFE/RL 29 Aug 2025
- E3's decision to exploit Snapback Mechanism will harm diplomacy, says Araghchi 29 Aug 2025 -- Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi says that it is abundantly clear that the European Troika's decision to activate Snapback Mechanism will have "significant adverse impacts on diplomacy" and will severely undermine the ongoing dialogue between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
- Snapback Mechanism will further complicate diplomatic efforts: Leader's advisor 29 Aug 2025 -- Mohammad Mokhber, advisor and assistant to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, said that the European signatories to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) seeking to exploit the Snapback Mechanism will not affect Iran's determination to safeguard its independence and progress but will further complicate the diplomatic landscape.
- Zarif calls Snapback Mechanism activation 'unfounded' 29 Aug 2025 -- Mohammad-Javad Zarif, the former vice president for strategic affairs and foreign minister, says that the what the European signatories of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) are trying to do is "unfounded" because Iran was fully observing the deal, even one year after the United States withdrew from it.
- Foreign Ministry spokesperson: The 'violator' dictates the rules of the game on E3 29 Aug 2025 -- The spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has questioned the credibility of the European Troika - France, Germany, and Britain, collectively known as the E3 - as a negotiating parties.
- Araghchi says E3 efforts to revive pre-2231 UNSC resolutions are invalid 29 Aug 2025 -- Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi says any attempt by the European Troika—France, Germany, and Britain, collectively known as the E3—to revive United Nations Security Council resolutions previously terminated under Resolution 2231 (2015) is legally invalid and ineffective.
- Iran urges UNSC members to reject 'the unjustified political manipulations' and uphold the integrity of international law 29 Aug 2025 -- Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi has called on all United Nations Security Council (UNSC) members "to reject the unjustified political manipulations and to uphold the integrity of international law and authority of the Council."
- Iran: 'Snapback' sanctions move will turn Europe into permanently spent force Press TV 29 Aug 2025 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says a decision by the European troika to unleash the snapback mechanism of sanctions on Iran will turn the E3 into a permanently spent force.
- 'Violator dictates rules of game': Iran slams E3's 'obedience' to US after snapback activation Press TV 29 Aug 2025 -- The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry has slammed the European signatories to the US-abandoned 2015 nuclear deal for triggering the restoration of UN sanctions against the country, saying the move shows the E3's "obedience" to Washington.
- Iran to Europeans: You lack legal jurisdiction to trigger snapback Press TV 29 Aug 2025 -- Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has rejected efforts by Britain, France, and Germany—known as the E3—to reinstate UN sanctions lifted under Resolution 2231 (2015), calling the move "invalid and ineffective."
- Iran UN envoy: Iran will not negotiate under threat or coercion 29 Aug 2025 -- Amir-Saeid Iravani, Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, described the action by the three European countries to initiate the snapback process as "illegal", adding that it sidesteps the Dispute Resolution Mechanism (DRM) of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
- Iran's UN mission: E3 at a decisive moment over snapback mechanism 29 Aug 2025 -- The Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations says that the UN Security Council now faces a defining moment, as the European Troika moves to trigger the snapback mechanism.
- European Troika initiates Iran sanctions snapback, but claims extension offer still on the table 29 Aug 2025 -- The European Troika say that they have "triggered a 30-day period" to reinstate the UNSC sanctions on Iran, claiming that it does not mark the end of diplomacy and their extension offer remains on the table.
- Initiating 'snapback' sanctions mechanism at Security Council not constructive to Iranian nuclear issue: Chinese Foreign Ministry Global Times 29 Aug 2025 -- In response to reports that UK, France, and Germany on Thursday submitted a notification to the UN Security Council regarding the initiation of the "snapback" sanctions mechanism, and under Security Council Resolution 2231, the Council must decide within 30 days whether to trigger the mechanism, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Friday that the Iranian nuclear issue is at a critical crossroads. Initiating the "snapback" sanctions mechanism at the Security Council would not be constructive and would undermine the political and diplomatic process of resolving the Iranian nuclear issue.
- China, Russia warn of 'irreparable consequences' of Iran sanctions snapback Press TV 29 Aug 2025 -- Russia and China have upbraided a move by Britain, France and Germany — dubbed the European troika or E3 — to unleash the snapback mechanism of sanctions on Iran, warning against the repercussions of imposing curbs on the Islamic Republic's peaceful nuclear program.
- Foreign Ministry statement on the United Kingdom, Germany, and France's unlawful actions to reinstate UN Security Council sanctions on Iran Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 29 Aug 2025
- Russia Strongly Condemns Decision of E3 to Reimpose Sanctions Against Iran Sputnik 29 Aug 2025 -- Russia strongly condemns the decision of the E3 nations - the UK, France and Germany - to reimpose sanctions on Iran, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
- Iran: Call to halt increasing executions and impose moratorium on death penalty OHCHR 29 Aug 2025 -- Iranian authorities have executed at least 841 people since the beginning of the year and up until 28 August 2025, according to information gathered by the UN Human Rights Office - ignoring multiple calls to join the worldwide movement towards abolition of the death penalty.
- Iran's retaliatory strikes inflict multi-billion-shekel losses on Israel Press TV 29 Aug 2025 -- Israeli officials have confirmed that Iran's retaliatory strikes on the Israeli entity during the 12-day war inflicted multi-billion-shekel losses on the regime, as more than 53,599 damage claims were filed.
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