France, Germany and the United Kingdom are ready to restore sanctions against Iran if the talks are not resumed

The United Kingdom, France and Germany told the United Nations that it is ready to re -impose sanctions on Iran on its nuclear program if it fails to resume the talks. By the end of August.

The three countries, known as E3, said they are ready to create the “Snapback” mechanism – which means that previous sanctions will be repeated – unless Iran resumes negotiations.

E3 said they offered an end date for negotiations until the end of August, which Iran did not respond.

Last month, Iran said it had been prepared for more talks, but once the sanctions in effect were already lifted and it was agreed on its right to a civil nuclear program.

This comes after preliminary talks between E3 and Iranian diplomats in Istanbul, Türkiye last month.

In a letter to the United Nations and its president at Antonio Guterres, three ministers abroad – Jean -Nawil Barrot from France and David Lami from the United Kingdom, Johan and Ediol from Germany – will apply severe sanctions to Iran unless it agrees to limit its nuclear program.

On Tuesday, E3 said that their extension of the negotiations “remained unanswered by Iran.”

The letter said: “We have made it clear that if Iran is not ready to reach a diplomatic solution before the end of August 2025, or does not seize the opportunity to extend, the E3 is ready to operate the Snapback mechanism.”

They added that they were committed to using “all diplomatic tools” to ensure that Iran is not developing a nuclear weapon – something that Iran denied it to do.

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazim Garibadi said in July that the provocation of the sanctions would be “completely illegal.”

The sanctions on the Iranian nuclear program were previously lifted in 2015 after Iran signed a nuclear agreement with E3, the United States, Russia and China, and they agreed on the borders on its nuclear operations and allowing international inspectors to enter its nuclear sites. The deal is scheduled for October.

The United States withdrew from the deal in 2018 during President Donald Trump’s first term, when the leader said he had not done much to prevent Iran from creating a road to a nuclear bomb.

With its withdrawal, all US sanctions were re -imposed on Iran.

Iran has been increasingly violating restrictions. In May, the United Nations Nuclear Control Authority, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said it contains more than 400 kg of enriched uranium to 60 % purity – much higher than the level used for civil purposes and close to the degree of weapons.

In June, the Iranian parliament suspended cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency after tensions with Israel and the United States to its head.

Israel launched attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities in the same month, which led to a 12 -day war.

The United States bombed a number of Iranian nuclear sites, and brought the US talks to Iran to a sudden end.

After the strikes, E3 countries rose warnings to Iran about their suspension of cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency.

BBC called the UK Foreign Ministry to comment.

The Iranian mission to the United Nations did not immediately respond to the BBC’s request for comment.