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Iran, Europe to hold new round of nuclear talks in Geneva amid 'snapback' threats

Iran Press TV

Monday, 25 August 2025 3:19 PM

Iran and the European troika of France, Germany, and Britain will hold a new round of talks in the Swiss city of Geneva, amid the trio's threat to trigger the so-called snapback mechanism to reinstate the UN Security Council sanctions against Tehran.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday that fresh negotiations between representatives of Iran and the E3 will resume on Tuesday.

He said the meeting will be held at the level of deputy foreign ministers and political directors.

It comes after a phone conversation between Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and the EU high representative for foreign and security policy and foreign ministers of France, Britain, and Germany -- the three European signatories to the 2015 nuclear agreement, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Baghaei said.

The spokesperson said the participants will discuss Iran's nuclear issue and the lifting of cruel sanctions against Tehran in addition to United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231, which endorses the JCPOA.

On August 24, Tasnim news agency quoted an informed source as saying that the Iranian delegation will be headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi.

The Iranian foreign minister told Europeans on Friday that Tehran is open to any diplomatic solution that safeguards its national rights, while warning them that triggering the snapback mechanism would carry serious consequences.

The top Iranian negotiator once again emphasized that the European countries lack the legal and moral authority to resort to the mechanism.

Snapback would bring into force six previous Iran-related Security Council resolutions adopted between 2006 and 2010. It would reinstate the expired UN arms embargo that barred countries from supplying, selling, or transferring most military equipment to Iran and prohibited Tehran from exporting any weapons.

It would also impose export controls, travel bans, asset freezes, and other restrictions on individuals, entities, and banks.

Iranian deputy foreign ministers Takht-Ravanchi and Kazem Gharibabadi and senior representatives from the E3 countries held a closed-door meeting at Iran's Consulate General in Istanbul on July 25. The meeting, which lasted more than three hours, followed a similar round held on May 16 in Istanbul.