France, Germany and the United Kingdom are preparing to restore sanctions against Iran

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European officials in the United Kingdom, France and Germany said on Thursday to create a United Nations operation to re -impose sanctions on Iran on its nuclear program, in a move that would increase tensions between the West and Tehran.

The decision comes after the foreign ministers in the three countries, known as E3, told Iranian officials at a meeting in Istanbul last month that they were ready to extend a The deadline for United Nations sanctions If the Islamic Republic restart the talks with the United States and resumed cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency before the end of August.

Run “Snapback” – a mechanism in 2015 nuclear agreement To sign Tehran with global powers-on Thursday, it will re-impose United Nations sanctions after the countdown for 30 days, unless there is a major diplomatic penetration.

Raphael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said on Wednesday that the IAEA inspectors arrived at Bushehr Iranian nuclear energy station. But it is not clear whether Tehran will allow the inspection of its enrichment sites, many of which were severely damaged by Israeli and American attacks in June.

Grosso added that the Inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency were granted full access to Iranian nuclear sites, so they should have a satisfactory evaluation within 30 days.

But while Iranian officials said they were ready to negotiate indirectly with the Trump administration, the position of the Islamic Republic since the 12 -day Israel War in June. The Israeli attack came 48 hours before Abbas Aragchi, the Iranian Foreign Minister, held the sixth round of indirect talks with Steve Whitchov, President of Donald Trump’s private envoy.

Tehran said it wants assurances from Washington that it will not be attacked if it resumes the talks, and wants the United States to agree to compensate it for the damage it incurred during the bombing campaign.

The White House did not show great enthusiasm for the resumption of talks, as Trump boasted that the American and Israeli attack “obliterated” the success of the Iranian nuclear program, a assessment that some American intelligence officials and other Western officials are disputed.

But Grossi said on Thursday that he had a “meaning” of his talks with Wittakov and other American officials that they were “open to the dialogue.”

Kazim Garibadi, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal Affairs, Books on x On Monday after a meeting with E3 officials and the European Union in Geneva, it is time for the three European countries and the United Nations Security Council to make the right decision and give time and space.

Under the conditions of the 2015 nuclear agreement between the Obama and Iran administration, signed alongside European powers, Russia and China, Tehran agreed to strict borders on its nuclear activity against sanctions.

But after Trump unilaterally abandoned the deal during his first term in his post – a decision opposed by E3 – and the imposition of waves of sanctions on Iran, its program expanded and enriched uranium at levels close to the degree of weapons.

Araghchi told the Financial Times last month that E3 was not “legal or moral reasons” To implement Snapback, warned that Iran will exclude European powers from future nuclear talks if they pass this process.

E3 was also accused of failing to meet their obligations regarding the 2015 deal and rejected the importance of the United Kingdom, France and Germany after the American withdrawal from the deal.

“With the Europeans, there is no reason at the present time to negotiate because they cannot lift the sanctions, they cannot do anything,” said Araghchi. “If they do Snapback, this means that this is the end of the road for them.”

“There is still time,” said Grosso.

He told reporters in Washington, “It is clear that we need together to reach a better place, and that a sustainable and solid solution for this is the diplomatic need to make it really a permanent thing – which does not necessarily depend on military strikes to be operation,” he told reporters in Washington.