Bharatah
SpeedLimited
Summary of the Situation (Timeline) of events that have occurred and that will occur :
Iran informed that if the SNAPBACK is really activated, Iran will be completely out of the IAEA and will vote in the parliament to leave the NPT. Based on this information, let's go to the Timeline:
- August 28, 2025 : E3 notifies the Security Council, activating the SNAPBACK mechanism. The "bomb" is armed with a 30-day timer. Russia and China say it is illegal because they [the E3] violated the agreement first.
- September 29, 2025: Thirty days counted from the day after the notification. If the E3 does not withdraw the SNAPBACK, it takes effect from this date. Russia and China can subsequently try to annul this with political maneuvers with their allies.
- September 09 to September 29, 2025: Iran signed a new temporary and partial inspection agreement with the IAEA on September 09. The E3 has from this date until September 29 to request the annulment of the SNAPBACK, otherwise Iran will cut its communication with the IAEA forever and will vote to leave the NPT. NOTE: The E3 could request annulment and later still change its mind and, technically, try to activate the SNAPBACK again before the final deadline of October 18. However, this action would be extremely controversial and politically costly and even more complicated.
- October 15, 2025 ("Transition Day"): FINAL DEADLINE. After this date, the window to activate the SNAPBACK mechanism expires permanently. The UN sanctions previously imposed on Iran can no longer be automatically restored through this mechanism.
This is the scenario.
Iran informed that if the SNAPBACK is really activated, Iran will be completely out of the IAEA and will vote in the parliament to leave the NPT. Based on this information, let's go to the Timeline:
- August 28, 2025 : E3 notifies the Security Council, activating the SNAPBACK mechanism. The "bomb" is armed with a 30-day timer. Russia and China say it is illegal because they [the E3] violated the agreement first.
- September 29, 2025: Thirty days counted from the day after the notification. If the E3 does not withdraw the SNAPBACK, it takes effect from this date. Russia and China can subsequently try to annul this with political maneuvers with their allies.
- September 09 to September 29, 2025: Iran signed a new temporary and partial inspection agreement with the IAEA on September 09. The E3 has from this date until September 29 to request the annulment of the SNAPBACK, otherwise Iran will cut its communication with the IAEA forever and will vote to leave the NPT. NOTE: The E3 could request annulment and later still change its mind and, technically, try to activate the SNAPBACK again before the final deadline of October 18. However, this action would be extremely controversial and politically costly and even more complicated.
- October 15, 2025 ("Transition Day"): FINAL DEADLINE. After this date, the window to activate the SNAPBACK mechanism expires permanently. The UN sanctions previously imposed on Iran can no longer be automatically restored through this mechanism.
This is the scenario.







