Snapback won't add pressure on Iran's oil exports: Minister
Iran Press TV
Wednesday, 03 September 2025 7:03 PM
Iran's Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad says a potential return of UN sanctions on Iran, a process known as "snapback" under a 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, will not increase restrictions on the country's oil exports.
Speaking to reporters after a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Paknejad said that Iran's oil exports have successfully resisted a barrage of sanctions imposed by the United States in recent years, adding that a return of UN sanctions won't increase the pressure.
"It is not expected that the snapback would create any restriction on top of the unilateral restrictions imposed on our oil sales by the US and its Treasury Department," he said.
The minister added, however, that Iran is prepared to adopt the necessary measures to deal with new emergencies.
Iran's nuclear agreement with world powers, known as the JCPOA, allows a return of six United Nations sanctions resolutions that were adopted between 2006 and 2010 in response to Iran's alleged non-compliance with UN nuclear regulations.
France, Britain, and Germany, as parties to the JCPOA, announced last week that they had started a 30-day process to snap back sanctions on Iran before a late October deadline when a UN Security Council resolution enshrining the deal expires.
Iran has condemned the announcement, saying the three countries have been influenced by the US, which withdrew from the JCPOA in 2018, and its attempts to force Iran to dismantle its peaceful nuclear program.
Experts say that the re-imposition of UN sanctions would have almost no impact on Iran's ability to supply oil to international markets, adding that they could only affect the country's oil-related financial dealings with other countries.
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