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Washington Post
2 days ago
- Politics
- Washington Post
Iranian negotiator doesn't rule out exiting nuclear treaty if sanctions are reimposed
UNITED NATIONS — A top Iranian official warned Wednesday that European threats to reimpose sanctions could lead Iran to withdraw from an international pact that limits the spread of nuclear weapons, one of the last remaining safeguards against the Islamic Republic's nuclear program. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi discussed with reporters his country's recourse against further financial punishment ahead of a critical meeting Friday with Britain, France and Germany .
CNA
3 days ago
- Politics
- CNA
Iran says reimposing UN sanctions would complicate nuclear standoff
DUBAI: Reimposing international sanctions on Iran would make the "situation" over its nuclear programme more complex, state media quoted Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi as saying on Tuesday (Jul 22). He was speaking ahead of a meeting on Friday with three European states known as the E3 - Britain, France and Germany. The E3 have said that if no progress is reached by the end of August over Iran's nuclear programme, they will invoke a "snapback" mechanism - a process that would reimpose UN sanctions on Tehran that were lifted under a 2015 deal in return for restrictions on Iran's nuclear programme. "We will express our position regarding the E3's comments on the snapback mechanism, which we think lacks any legal ground," Gharibabadi said, referring to Friday's meeting in Istanbul. "Nonetheless, our effort will be to see if we can find common solutions to manage the situation." The three European countries, along with China and Russia, are the remaining parties to the 2015 nuclear deal - from which the United States withdrew in 2018. "It has been seven years that the nuclear deal is not being implemented by the Europeans following the US departure from it. How can they argue that Iran is not following the deal when they themselves have not done so?" Gharibabadi added.
Yahoo
31-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
IAEA: Iranian output of near weapons-grade uranium rising sharply
Iran's production of almost weapons-ready uranium has jumped during nuclear talks between Tehran and Washington, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Tehran now has almost 409 kilograms of uranium with a purity of 60% - a rise of some 49% since the IAEA's quarterly assessment in February, the Vienna-based watchdog said in a report to member states, parts of which were cited by media on Saturday. According to diplomatic sources, around 42 kilograms would be enough for a nuclear weapon if this uranium were enriched to 90%. In a second report on Tehran's lack of co-operation with his organization, IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said Iran had previously concealed nuclear activities and materials at three facilities. The investigations had been obstructed, Grossi added, with Iran failing to respond to inquiries or answering in an untrustworthy manner. Additionally, traces of non-compliance appear to have been covered up, he said. Grossi had commented on these disputed activities in earlier reports. After the IAEA board of governors commissioned his authority to produce a new and more comprehensive report in November 2024, he summarized the findings more clearly than usual. The new report could prompt the board to in future refer Iran's violations of inspection agreements with the IAEA to the UN Security Council. Britain, France and Germany are among countries that have raised possible renewed sanctions at the United Nations in this context. The United States has been negotiating with Iran since April. Washington aims to rein in Iran's nuclear programme because, like other states, it fears this will result in the production of nuclear weapons. Tehran denies this and insists on its right to utilize nuclear energy for civilian purposes. During his first term in office in 2018, US President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from the Vienna nuclear pact, which was intended to restrict Iran's nuclear programme and lift sanctions in return. Tehran then also no longer adhered to the agreement.
Jordan Times
15-05-2025
- Politics
- Jordan Times
Iran says likely to hold nuclear talks with Europeans this week
TEHRAN — Iran's top diplomat said Wednesday a new round of talks on his country's nuclear programme with Britain, France and Germany was likely to be held in Turkey later this week. "The next round, at the level of deputy foreign ministers, I think, is scheduled to be held in Istanbul on Friday," Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told reporters in diplomatic sources also told AFP the meeting would take place in the Turkish city on Friday, adding it would be held at the level of political was still no word from London or Berlin on the meeting, which was originally slated for earlier this month but has held several discreet meetings on the nuclear issue with the three European nations since late last year, most recently in February in Geneva, ahead of indirect negotiations with Washington that began on April 12."While we continue the dialogue with the United States, we are also ready to talk with the Europeans," Araghchi said."Unfortunately, the Europeans themselves have become somewhat isolated in these negotiations with their own policies," he added, without elaborating."We do not want such a situation and that's why we have continued our negotiations" with them, he expected meeting follows a round of Oman-mediated talks between Tehran and Washington on four rounds of US-Iran talks were the highest-level contact in years between the long-time foes, since US President Donald Trump in 2018 abandoned the 2015 nuclear accord with world returning to office in January, Trump has revived his "maximum pressure" approach against Tehran. While backing nuclear diplomacy, he also warned of potential military action if it countries, including the United States, have long accused Iran of seeking to acquire nuclear weapons, while Iran insists its nuclear programme is for peaceful 2015 deal between Iran and major powers Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States included a so-called "snapback" mechanism, which parties can trigger to automatically reinstate UN sanctions on Iran over its option expires in October but French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot has warned that "if European security interests are not guaranteed, we will not hesitate for a single second to reapply all the sanctions that were lifted 10 years ago."Iran currently enriches uranium to 60 per cent, far above the 3.67 per cent limit imposed by the 2015 deal but still below the 90 per cent threshold required for weapons-grade material. While Tehran defends its right to enrich uranium as "non-negotiable", Washington describes it as a "red line" with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio calling for the dismantling of all Iranian nuclear enrichment facilities.
