Rubio urges Iran to speak and welcomes the attempts of European countries to obtain the United Nations sanctions imposed on the nuclear program

On Thursday, France, Britain and Germany raised a mechanism to re -impose United Nations sanctions Iran To not comply with the obligations on its nuclear program.

The three countries of the United Nations Security Council have informed that they “believe that Iran is not in the large performance of its obligations” under a nuclear deal for the year 2015 and “called according to this process known as the” Snapback “mechanism, which begins a 30 -day process to reformulate the sanctions that were suspended a decade ago.

Since President Trump Unilateral withdrawal of the United States of the deal During his first term in his post, Iran has I gave up the obligations steadily It agreed to the 2015 nuclear agreement, which was interceded by President Barack Obama, along with European countries “E3” and the European Union.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday that Washington is still seeking direct talks with Iran on ending its nuclear program in the aftermath of the E3, which raises the so -called “Snapback” mechanism to form United Nations sanctions.

Rubio welcomed this step, which Mr. Trump has long pushed, but said: “At the same time, the United States remains available for direct participation with Iran – in strengthening a permanent peaceful decision for the Iranian nuclear issue.”

“It does not contradict our serious willingness to diplomacy, it only enhances it,” Rubio said in a statement.

“I urge Iranian leaders to take the urgent steps necessary to ensure that their nation will never get a nuclear weapon to walk on the path of peace; and to obtain the advanced prosperity of the Iranian people,” Rubio said in a statement.

Mr. Trump swollen in his second term sharply in different directions from Iran, and insisted that he sought to settle negotiation, but then U.S. air strikes on nuclear sites To support an Israeli military campaign.

In reference to the E3 decision, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchchi said on Thursday that Tehran “will respond appropriately to this illegal and unjustified measure by the three European countries, in order to protect and ensure their national rights and interests.”

His office said that he delivered this message in a phone call to his French, British and German counterparts, adding that he called the three countries to “correct this wrong decision appropriately.”

While Araghchi did not specify the revenge measures that Iran might take, Tehran had previously warned that such a step could lead to the exclusion of European powers from any future negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program.

He talks to CBS News’ IMTIAZ TYAB early this summer, Araghchi said He was It is doubtful that talks with the United States will quickly resume, but he said that “diplomacy doors will never be closed.”

This step, by the European trio, took place a few days after Iranian and European diplomats held talks in Geneva, and the second since then Israel’s attack on Iran, which started a 12 -day war In June.

In recent weeks, E3 threatened to activate the so -called “Snapback”, a martyr Continuing to comply with Iran With its obligations under the 2015 nuclear agreement.

This deal was distinguished in 2018 when Mr. Trump unilaterally withdrew from the United States from the agreement and slapped the known sanctions against Iran.