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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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Mat Nashed

Are European powers pushing Iran into a corner with UN sanctions threat?

Iranians gather outside a building targeted in the Israeli attacks to mourn and show solidarity with the families of the victims on July 14, 2025 in Tehran, Iran [Majid Saeedi/Getty Images]

Three European powers have triggered a process that would reimpose punishing United Nations sanctions on Iran for ostensibly not engaging with the international community to reach a deal on its nuclear programme.

Known as the E3, France, Germany and the United Kingdom told Iran on Thursday that the ‘snapback’ mechanism had been triggered, and that Iran now had 30 days to negotiate a nuclear agreement.

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