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E3 joint statement on Iran: Initiation of the snapback process

Joint statement by the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany and the UK on the initiation of the snapback process

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Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and The Rt Hon David Lammy MPPublished28 August 2025

We, the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany and the United Kingdom, share the fundamental objective that Iran shall never seek, acquire or develop a nuclear weapon. We negotiated the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPoA) with the conviction that it would decisively contribute to ensuring the exclusively peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear programme. The United Nations Security Council unanimously endorsed the JCPoA in resolution 2231 of 20th July 2015. It was a major achievement for non-proliferation, as such strengthening international peace and security.

Following the United States’ withdrawal from the JCPoA on 8th May 2018, and in spite of Iran ceasing the implementation of its commitments under the JCPoA beginning in May 2019, France, Germany and the United Kingdom (the “E3”) remained committed participants to the deal.

Since 2019, Iran has exceeded JCPoA limits on enriched uranium, heavy water, and centrifuges, restricted the IAEA’s ability to conduct JCPoA verification and monitoring activities, and has abandoned the implementation and the ratification process of the Additional Protocol to its Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement. These actions contravene Iran’s commitments set out in the JCPoA and have serious implications on the capacity of Iran to progress toward developing a nuclear weapon.

This was more than five years ago. Since then, we have made all possible efforts to resolve the impasse. We consistently undertook intensive diplomatic efforts to deescalate tensions and to bring Iran and the United States to the negotiating table for a comprehensive negotiated solution. We acted in good faith to preserve the JCPoA, in the sincere hope of finding a way to resolve the impasse through constructive diplomatic dialogue, while preserving the agreement and remaining within its framework.

This included the use of the JCPoA’s Dispute Resolution Mechanism, initiated on 14 January 2020 and confirmed by the JCPoA Coordinator, pursuant to paragraph 36 of the JCPoA. The E3 also engaged in good faith in negotiations conducted from 6th April 2021 until 28th February 2022 to re-establish Iran’s full compliance with the JCPoA and allow for a return of the United States to the deal. The JCPoA Coordinator tabled viable proposals in March and again in August 2022. Iran refused both packages while continuing to raise unacceptable demands beyond the scope of the JCPoA. Despite this, we have continued to engage Iran as part of our efforts to find a peaceful resolution of this issue through diplomacy, as set out in our letter to the United Nations Secretary General of 8th August 2025.

In July 2025, the E3 have put on the table an offer for the extension of resolution 2231 and its snapback mechanism. The requirements set by the E3 in exchange for this extension – including the resumption of negotiations, Iran’s compliance with its IAEA obligations, and steps to address our concerns regarding the high enriched uranium stockpile - have not yet been satisfactorily met by Iran. The combination of such Iranian steps and a time-limited extension would have provided a credible path towards reaching a political agreement to replace the JCPoA and address our longstanding concerns regarding Iran’s nuclear programme.

Today, Iran’s non-compliance with the JCPoA is clear and deliberate, and sites of major proliferation concern in Iran are outside of IAEA monitoring. Iran has no civilian justification for its high enriched uranium stockpile - now over 9 Significant Quantities - which is also unaccounted for by the IAEA. Its nuclear programme therefore remains a clear threat to international peace and security.

As a result of Iran’s actions, and in accordance with paragraph 11 of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 (2015), France, Germany and the United Kingdom have today decided to notify the Security Council that we believe Iran is in significant non-performance of its commitments under the JCPoA, thereby engaging the “snapback” mechanism.

This notification initiates the snapback process defined in Resolution 2231. It opens a 30-day period before the possible reestablishment of previously terminated United Nations Security Council resolutions. We underline that these resolutions and the measures they contain – sanctions and other restrictive measures – are not new. On the contrary, these resolutions were previously agreed by the Security Council and lifted in light of Iran’s commitments under the JCPoA. However, Iran has chosen not to abide by those commitments. In accordance with Resolution 2231, we will continue to strive to diplomatically resolve the issue of Iran’s significant non-performance. We will use the 30-day period to continue to engage with Iran on our extension offer, or on any serious diplomatic efforts to restore Iran’s compliance with its commitments.

We recall that if the UNSC does not adopt within 30 days a resolution to continue the lifting of UNSC resolutions on Iran, six Security Council resolutions, including on sanctions, will be restored.

 

[GWXP]

Europe and US can go to Hell with their sanctions.

It was obvious long time ago that Iran's path is with China and Russia.

 

[Persian Gulf]

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[ShapurII]

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Who wants to organize that?
The regime has distanced itself from Iranians abroad for 4 decades.
Why would they do that?

 

[Persian Gulf]

Who wants to organize that?
The regime has distanced itself from Iranians abroad for 4 decades.
Why would they do that?

those suffering will be ordinary Iranians

it is a shame there is such a divide between diaspora Iranians and Iranians in Iran

 

[Liquidator]

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the culmination of 20+ years of strategic indecision and naivety

if this means they have formally notified the President of the UNSC, the 30 day deadline begins today

if so, full snapback of all UNSC resolutions and sanctions against Iran will occur in 30 days

The Europeans seem to think they can halt the process if there is a deal before the 30 days are up. But even if there is a deal to extend the deadline, the US can now veto any attempt to pass a resolution to continue sanctions relief, so by the letter of the JCPOA, they cannot extend the deadline without the USA's approval.

In what scenario would the West have been fair to you?

They serve Israeli interests because Israel serves their long term strategic goals....European / white global dominance. This whole thing was a pantomime to begin with.

One again, in what scenario would the European fascists have allowed you to prosper?

 

[Persian Gulf]

In what scenario would the West have been fair to you?

They serve Israeli interests because Israel serves their long term strategic goals....European / white global dominance. This whole thing was a pantomime to begin with.

One again, in what scenario would the European fascists have allowed you to prosper?

in that case, condition society for war and build nukes, don't waste time making concessions and trying to negotiate with the devil

Iran now is very weak and Iranian society is too spoiled and not ready for war

 

[ShapurII]

in that case, condition society for war and build nukes, don't waste time making concessions and trying to negotiate with the devil

Iran now is very weak and Iranian society is too spoiled and not ready for war

If things continue the way they are, even the establishment is not willing to have a war.
They would rather surrender, it seems.

It seem surrender has been their plan all along.

 

[Immortals]

The European Union did not remove the sanctions in their entirety; on the contrary, it reimposed them and even increased them, VIOLATING THE TREATY. Iran paid and did not receive the car... so, the agreement is INVALID, as stated by the Russian diplomat on Twitter above. The E3 could only activate the SNAPBACK if it were complying with the treaty.

JCPOA was never a treaty. It a multi lateral agreement. It was never ratified by Congress, so it cannot be considered a treaty.

This was one of the most weak points of the deal. Obama told Iran he couldn’t get enough votes for a treaty.

The fact Irans decision makers were dumb enough to think JCPOA could hold up if a Democrat wasn’t in power shows you how incompetent they are.

 

[Liquidator]

in that case, condition society for war and build nukes, don't waste time making concessions and trying to negotiate with the devil

Iran now is very weak and Iranian society is too spoiled and not ready for war

Use those missile cities before it's too late.

Don't sit around waiting to get slapped.

One can only hope..

 

[Immortals]

What they should have done:

Non hostility with the U.S. after 1979
Built up the economy and gotten ToT like Turkey for military and economic technologies
Non Aggression pact with Israel (to buy time)
Built up their military and economy
Built up their oil and natural gas industry
Built up their minerals and mining industry
Built up their railway and ports

THEN when Iran was strong economically AND military they could break from Western orbit and fight for the Palestinian cause. This is what China did, the country whose population was starving and in poverty in 1950’s and 1960’s.

Instead Iran after 1979 they:
-funded useless terrorist attacks
-turned away from America/EU/China/Russia
-relied on Shah era investments in oil to keep them rich forever
-neglected air force
-neglected revitalization of the economic laws
-neglected modernizing the military outside of missiles and few sectors
-neglected building up the oil and natural gas industry

Now there simply isn’t any cards left to play other than a stockpile of uranium.

Iran might in the final hour decide to dash for the bomb, but in reality capitulation is incoming.

You guys should just mentally prepare yourself. Shame this government couldn’t see what many normal outsiders could see for years.

Anyone hoping Russia or China is coming to the rescue is on serious copium. There was never any true “strategic” deals with either country. We were bamboolzed or at least Iran was. It makes sense why Syria fell and Iran never retaliated to hundreds of strikes, they couldn’t. They were fully infiltrated and the enemy knew their pain points.

 

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IR has no fight in it, and khamenei is no different than a helpless beaten dog awaiting further beatings. Everyone knows what needs to be done yet IR refuses to. If IR cannot or will not defend Iran's independence from foreign powers, then it serves no purpose and should be replaced with something that can.

 

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[Persian Gulf]

JCPOA was never a treaty. It a multi lateral agreement. It was never ratified by Congress, so it cannot be considered a treaty.

This was one of the most weak points of the deal. Obama told Iran he couldn’t get enough votes for a treaty.

The fact Irans decision makers were dumb enough to think JCPOA could hold up if a Democrat wasn’t in power shows you how incompetent they are.

being a treaty would not have saved it from Trump, he doesn't care about treaties either

 

[Bharatah]

you don't know what you are talking about. if your nonsense theory (which is not supported in the text of the JCPOA) was right, that the Europeans cannot invoke snapback because they are in violation of their obligations themselves, Russia would not need to try to extend the snapback deadline in the first place.

Wrong. Europeans try to say they violated the agreement because Iran violated it...but Iran violated it after the US left. In any case, the JCPO becomes invalid, and the Security Council will have a split.

What could then happen:

Impasse and Uncertainty: The UN Security Council would enter into an unprecedented legal and political impasse.

The E3 and the USA would say: "The notification has been made, the 30-day period has started, and since we did not pass a resolution, the sanctions are back in force."

Russia, China, Iran, and likely other members would say: "The notification was invalid from the start, therefore the 30-day mechanism was never triggered. The snapback is illegal."

The USA and the E3 could try to act as if the UN sanctions had been reinstated and pressure other countries to comply with them, effectively challenging the authority of the UN Security Council. This would be the end of the Security Council, of international law, and of the UN itself. The USA, controlled by "Israel," would try to pretend that there is a "NEW UN" with NEW RULES, but in established international law, this does not exist.