TEHRAN: Citing lack of co-operation from Iran apropos containing its nuclear program, UK, France and Germany activated the snapback mechanism to reimpose economic and military sanctions that were lifted a decade ago following a landmark international deal.
It may be recalled that, acting against the legal obligation under the terms of the decade old deal, Iran suspended inspections of its nuclear facilities when Israel and the US attacked its military bases and attempted to annihilate its nuclear sites.
On 21st July, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi of Iran while talking to Fox News said that his country could not give up its enrichment program.
Araghchi held: “It is now stopped because, yes, damages are serious and severe, but obviously, we cannot give up our enrichment because it is an achievement of our own scientists.” FM of Iran further maintained if US was coming for talks for a win-win solution, he was ready to engage with them.
“We are ready to do any confidence-building measure needed to prove that Iran’s nuclear programme is peaceful and would remain peaceful forever, and Iran would never go for nuclear weapons, and in return, we expect them to lift their sanctions…
“So, my message to the United States is that let’s go for a negotiated solution for Iran’s nuclear programme…There is a negotiated solution for our nuclear programme. We have done it once in the past. We are ready to do it once again,” Araghchi said.
While US President Donald Trump had been insisting that American sorties at Fardow, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear sites obliterated the nuclear program of Iran, savants at the helm of affairs insinuate that the centrifuges used to enrich uranium were moved before the attack.
Pentagon claimed that the attacks had degraded the nuclear program of Iran by a couple of years. But head of IAEA, Rafael Grossi, stated on 28th June that Iran could make bombs in a short time as it has the capacity to commence uranium enrichment in few months.
According to Rafael Grossi, contrary to President Donald Trumps’ claims, the 13th June (2025) attacks on three sites in Iran, did not totally obliterate Iran’s nuclear installations: “… one cannot claim that everything has disappeared and there is nothing there!” He further said it had the capacity to commence uranium enrichment in few months.
The Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran informed that it would stop cooperation with IAEA until the security of its nuclear installations is guaranteed. Commenting on the development, Speaker of the Parliament Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf accused IAEA of putting its global credibility up for sale.
IAEA had pulled its inspectors from Iran following its decision apropos stopping cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog.
Noting that the Agency had even refused to appear to condemn attack on nuclear installations of Iran Qalibaf said Iran would accelerate its civilian nuclear program.
Earlier, in a Media briefing apropos imminent adieu of Iran to NPT, DG of IAEA, Rafael Grossi held: “This would be, of course, very regrettable. I hope this is not the case. I don’t think this would help anybody.”
Meanwhile, President Donald Trump told the reporters that America would engage Iran, shortly: “We’re going to talk to them next week with Iran, we may sign an agreement, I don’t know.”
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