Stephen Silver
Key Points and Summary – Three major European powers—the U.K., France, and Germany—have officially moved to reinstate UN sanctions on Iran by invoking the “snapback” provision of the 2015 nuclear deal.
-The move puts a 30-day clock on diplomacy to find a peaceful resolution before the sanctions, which target everything from Iranian assets to its ballistic missile program, are reimposed.
-Iran has condemned the action as “illegal and unjustified.”
-This diplomatic pressure is mounting on other fronts as well, with Australia expelling Iran’s ambassador after linking Tehran to terrorist attacks on its soil.
The New Iran Crisis?
After weeks of threats, the U.K., France, and Germany have sent a letter to the UN Security Council, announcing plans to invoke the “snapback” provisions to reinstate sanctions on Iran, Axios reported Thursday.
Those United Nations sanctions had been suspended for the last ten years, since the JCPOA nuclear deal in 2015, but will now be reinstated.
There is, however, a 30-day period in place before the sanctions officially take effect, during which further negotiations might still take place.
While the U.S. was not involved with this process, having pulled out of the Iran deal in 2018, Secretary of State Marco Rubio commented on the development.
The “remains available for direct engagement with Iran — in furtherance of a peaceful, enduring resolution to the Iran nuclear issue,” the Secretary of State said Thursday.
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