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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Patrick Wintour in Tehran

Iran faces return of sweeping sanctions from UK, France and Germany

Aerial image of Isfahan nuclear enrichment facility and nearby tunnels
Aerial view of Isfahan nuclear enrichment facility and nearby tunnels in central Iran. Photograph: Satellite image ©2025 Maxar Technologies/AFP/Getty Images

The UK, France and Germany are expected to announce on Thursday that they will reimpose sweeping sanctions on Iran for failing to readmit UN inspectors into all of its nuclear sites.

The decision, under consideration for months, is likely to provoke the worst crisis in Iran’s relations with the west since Israel’s attacks on the country’s nuclear sites in June. Iran is already preparing countermeasures.

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