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China, Russia Help Iran Challenge West
Iran is coordinating with China and Russia to block European powers from reimposing UN sanctions via the snapback mechanism, maintaining its nuclear program amid Western pressure.
- Iran, with support from China and Russia, is opposing European initiatives to reactivate UN sanctions on its nuclear activities, with a key decision anticipated at the UN Security Council before the end of August 2025.
- Tensions arise as France, Germany, and the UK, known as the E3 and signatories of the 2015 JCPOA, threaten to trigger the snapback sanctions if Iran does not negotiate or accept an extension.
- Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi denies Europe's legal right to restore sanctions, accuses them of breaching JCPOA, and says Iran has tools to respond if sanctions reimpose.
- The E3 warned in a joint letter they are ‘prepared to trigger the snapback mechanism’ if no diplomatic solution emerges, while China opposes sanctions and urges diplomacy to resume talks.
- The dispute implies increased diplomatic deadlock over Iran's nuclear activities, with possible escalation if snapback sanctions are enforced and countermeasures from Iran and its allies.
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Iran working with China, Russia to stop 'snapback', plays down sanctions
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Iran is actively collaborating with China and Russia to prevent the reactivation of UN sanctions through the so-called “snapback” mechanism threatened by European countries.
Iran ’working with China and Russia’ to stop European sanctions
Iran said on Thursday it was working with China and Russia to prevent the snapback of European sanctions over Tehran's nuclear programme after Britain, France and Germany threatened to reimpose them. "We will try to prevent it," Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said in an interview with state TV. "We are working with China and Russia to stop it. If this does not work and they apply it, we have tools to respond. We will discuss them in du…
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