E3 shows the passing of a “trusted” negotiation partner of the so-called “rule-based international order.”
“Their decision to trigger the re-imposition of terminated Security Council resolutions on #Iran is driven not by legal necessary or sound judge, but as Marco Rubio admitted in his press statement of 28 August 2025, signifies their obedience to the NSPM-2 dated 2 February 2025 of the United States (a non-participant of the #JCPOA, the tremendous spoiler & violator of JCPOA that choose to “It unilaterally withdrew from the JCPOA in 2018, causing a chain of subsequent bad events,” he emphasized.
On Thursday night, Iranian Minister of Foliegle Abbas Aragci called on Thursday night with the highest President of the European Union, Kahar Karas, after Britain, France and Germany. The move by the three European states is called the trigger of the snapback mechanism by calling resolution 2231. It was approved by the UN Security Council in 2015 as the JCPOA to support nuclear deals.
Three European countries (collectively known as E3) moved a letter to the UN Security Council early on Thursday.
In response, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the E3 movement is illegal and would negatively affect cooperation with the United Nations nuclear watchdog, known as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
In a call with Kallas, Araghchi said, “The E3 snapback move will further raise doubts about the true intentions of these countries towards Iran.”
“The Islamic Republic of Iran will respond appropriately to this illegal and unfair action by three European countries in order to protect the rights and interests of the state,” the Iranian minister emphasized.
In a letter to the crow early tonight, Araguchi emphasized that “the three European countries do not have the legal right or authority to rely on dispute resolution mechanisms or to activate the automatic recovery of sanctions.”
MNA/