E3

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  • flags 2025-09-02 20:58

    By Fatemeh Kavand 

    How Europe is bullying Iran in the name of global peace 

    TEHRAN – The recent statement by the foreign ministers of the three European countries—Britain, France, and Germany—regarding the activation of the so-called “Snapback” mechanism against the Islamic Republic of Iran is yet another attempt to exert political and legal pressure on a country that has not only never initiated any war in its modern history but has also been the direct victim of aggressions and repeated violations of commitments by Western powers. 

  • UNSC 2025-08-29 21:25

    By Mona Hojat Ansari

    Another blow to diplomacy

    E3 tells UNSC it’s triggering ‘snapback’ to reinstate UN sanctions against Iran, Tehran says it will respond

    TEHRAN – When Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was vying for the presidency last year, his willingness to give diplomacy with the West another chance was his main point of distinction from his conservative rival, Saeed Jalili, who has likened negotiating Iran's nuclear program with the West to the biblical story of the Israelites worshipping a "golden calf." Perhaps Iranians voted for Pezeshkian because they believed a diplomatic solution with the West was still possible.

  • Iran Europe flags 2025-08-25 21:13

    Iranian media says Tehran, E3 set for Geneva nuclear talks on Tuesday

    TEHRAN – Iran is scheduled to resume nuclear negotiations with Germany, France, and the United Kingdom in Geneva on Tuesday, with discussions centered on nuclear issues and the termination of sanctions, according to a report by Tasnim News Agency.

  • Araghchi 2025-08-22 21:41

    Araghchi warns Europe against 'snapback' misuse, stresses Iran’s readiness for diplomacy

    Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi, in phone calls with his French, British, German counterparts and EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on Friday, reaffirmed Tehran’s commitment to diplomacy while warning that the European trio and the EU lack both the legal and moral authority to invoke the so-called “snapback” mechanism.

  • Iran, E3 talks in Istanbul 2025-07-25 20:21

    Substantive progress in ‘serious, frank, and detailed’ talks with E3: Iran

    TEHRAN – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi says Iran and the E3 (Britain, France, and Germany) held “serious, frank, and detailed” talks in Istanbul on Friday, exchanging specific proposals on sanctions relief, the nuclear file, and the controversial snapback mechanism.

  • Araghchi addresses UN 2025-07-21 19:11

    E3 has no legal ground to trigger JCPOA snapback mechanism: Araghchi

    TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has firmly rejected any attempt by the European troika – France, Germany, and the United Kingdom – to trigger the so-called “snapback” mechanism under the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, saying such a move would be “null and void” in light of the E3’s own violations and abandonment of their commitments.

  • Why Are the E3 Ambassadors Insisting on Negotiations? 2025-07-21 11:35

    Why Are the E3 Ambassadors Insisting on Negotiations?

    While recent reports suggest Iran has agreed to a new round of talks with the three European countries, follow-ups by Tehran Times indicate that the request actually came from these three nations.

  • International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 2025-07-13 21:49

    By Mona Hojat Ansari 

    Will European TNT demolish NPT?

    Reports suggest E3 is poised to trigger ‘snapback’ despite attacks on Iranian nuclear sites

    TEHRAN – Everything in regards to Iran’s nuclear program has taken a turn for the worse over the past month and a half. However, given the West's characteristic arrogance and unhelpful stance in world affairs, particularly West Asia, the worst may still have yet to come. 

  • Araghchi 2025-07-12 20:59

    Snapback will end Europe’s engagement on Iran’s nuclear program, FM warns 

    TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has cautioned European powers that activating the so-called "snapback mechanism" to restore United Nations sanctions would mark the end of their involvement in Iran’s nuclear dossier.

  • Baqaei 2025-06-11 23:13

    Tehran says European snapback threats ‘unprofessional’ and ‘desperate’

    TEHRAN – In a televised interview on Tuesday, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei delivered a scathing critique of European powers’ renewed push to invoke the UN sanctions “snapback” mechanism against Tehran.

  • IR2M centrifuges 2024-11-22 11:14

    Tehran activates advanced centrifuges in response to anti-Iran resolution

    TEHRAN - In response to the "unjustifiable" resolution passed by the IAEA Board of Governors against Iran’s peaceful nuclear program under the influence of the European trio (E3) and the United States, Iran immediately put into operation a “substantial number of advanced centrifuges of various models”.

  • عراقچی تلفنی 2024-11-21 12:05

    Iran calls on IAEA board members to resist E3 moves

    TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi calls on certain countries member to the IAEA Board of Governors to stand against the moves by the European trio (Britain, France and Germany) who are trying to turn the board into a tool into the hands of few nuclear armed Western countries to advance their political greed.

  • Iranian FM Abbas Araghchi 2024-09-11 19:59

    US, E3 acting on faulty intelligence, Iran says of claims of missile sale to Russia

    'Iran has not delivered ballistic missiles to Russia. Period.'

    TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqhchi on Wednesday insisted on Tehran’s previous announcements that the Islamic Republic has not sent ballistic missiles to Russia, saying the United States and the European trio of Britain, France and Germany are again acting on “faulty intelligence”.

  • Iran's ambassador to the UN Saeed Iravani 2024-06-07 00:28

    Iran writes to UN, dismisses E3-crafted IAEA resolution 

    Iran's mission to UN calls IAEA board decision 'hasty and unwise'

    TEHRAN - Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations on Thursday strongly rejected allegations by the IAEA Board of Governors against the Islamic Republic for its peaceful nuclear program.

  • Jerusalem Post 2023-10-01 20:21

    By Alireza Akbari

    Drones; The West's newest excuse for Iranophobia

    TEHRAN- On September 28, the Jerusalem Post, an Israeli news website, published an article titled “US and Europe put the screws to Iran’s drone program- analysis” to tarnish Iran’s progresses.

  • اميرعبداللهيان 2023-09-24 01:31

    ‘U.S. action is the yardstick not its words’

    Nuclear deal can be restored if US shows seriousness: Iran FM 

    TEHRAN – If the U.S. shows seriousness in the negotiations the 2015 nuclear deal can be put on the right track, the Iranian foreign minister said on Saturday, suggesting in that situation all parties will return to their compliance under agreement.

  • E3 2023-02-07 23:10

    By Soheila Zarfam

    Extremely Unreliable

    7 lessons from the INSTEX hoax

    TEHRAN – In what marked the end of a protracted era of deceit, a European company set up to mitigate the impact of U.S. economic sanctions was dismantled quietly after failing to achieve its goals.  

  • Amir Abdollahian-Borrell 2022-06-18 22:05

    ‘If U.S. continues unconstructive behavior, it will face our proper response’

    Iran to EU: Durable deal entails US, E3 abandon contradictory behaviors

    TEHRAN - Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian told EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Saturday that Iran welcomes “logical talks” that would lead to results, but it is “essential” that the United States and the European trio (E3) abandon their “contradictory” approaches.

  • FM warns EU's Borrell against U.S., E3 destructive moves 2022-06-06 16:29

    FM warns EU's Borrell against U.S., E3 destructive moves