U.S., Europe Agree on August Deadline to Renew Iran Nuclear Deal
(MENAFN) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, alongside the foreign ministers of France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, agreed during a Monday phone call to establish the end of August as a critical deadline to finalize a nuclear agreement with Iran, media reported Tuesday.
According to three insiders familiar with the conversation, if no agreement is secured by this timeline, the three European nations intend to activate the "snapback" mechanism. This move would automatically reinstate all UN Security Council sanctions lifted under the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
The call focused on aligning strategies around the snapback process and charting the future course of nuclear negotiations with Iran, the sources indicated in the report.
Two sources revealed that the European powers plan to engage Tehran in upcoming talks, signaling that Iran could avoid the reimposition of sanctions by taking concrete measures to reassure the global community about its nuclear ambitions. This includes restoring International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspections.
One insider highlighted that an additional step could involve removing roughly 400 kilograms of uranium enriched to 60% purity currently stored at Iranian sites.
The 2015 pact, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), was negotiated between Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council—China, France, Russia, the UK, and the US—along with Germany. The deal capped Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile at 202.8 kilograms at low enrichment levels.
The US withdrew from the agreement unilaterally on May 8, 2018, under President Donald Trump’s administration and reinstated extensive sanctions against Tehran.
On June 13 of this year, Israel, backed by the US, launched a 12-day offensive targeting Iranian military, nuclear, and civilian infrastructure, along with senior commanders and nuclear scientists.
Iran responded with missile and drone strikes against Israeli military and intelligence sites. A US-mediated ceasefire between Tehran and Tel Aviv was declared on June 24.
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