Top diplomats of the three countries, known as the E3, wrote in a letter to the United Nations that they were willing to trigger a process known as the "snapback" mechanism, which allows one of the Western parties to reimpose UN sanctions if Tehran does not comply with its requirements. The Iranian government did not immediately respond to the development, but member of parliament Manouchehr Mottaki — who was Iran's top diplomat for five years in the 2000s — warned of a swift reaction to any move to trigger the snapback mechanism. He said the Iranian parliament has a "finger on the trigger" for quitting the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, or NPT, the international treaty aimed at halting the spread of nuclear weapons.
Author: ABC News
Published at: 2025-08-13 22:17:25
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