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2025-10-05 22:12
West’s excessive demands blocked Iran’s diplomatic efforts: FM Araghchi
TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has criticized Western countries for rejecting Iran’s diplomatic efforts toward a fair and balanced solution, saying their “excessive and unreasonable demands” have obstructed progress in negotiations.
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2025-10-03 19:59
By Sahar Dadjoo
EXCLUSIVE: Islamabad sees snapback sanctions as obstacle to dialogue, Pakistani scholar says
Dr. Qaiser Ahmed outlines Pakistan’s balancing act between East and West while preserving cooperation with Iran
TEHRAN – The reactivation of the snapback mechanism at the United Nations Security Council has once again placed Iran’s nuclear program at the center of global diplomatic tensions. Following the European trio’s move to reinstate sanctions, Tehran has sharply criticized the decision, while countries across the region are weighing the implications for stability, trade, and security.
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2025-10-01 14:51
Tanker market sees limited impact from snapback mechanism
TEHRAN – The international tanker market views the activation of the so-called “snapback” mechanism by three European countries, under U.S. pressure, as having no significant effect beyond existing American sanctions, according to Lloyd’s List.
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2025-09-30 21:45
Iran FM: I came to NY with fair and constructive proposals, but West ignored them
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that when he arrived in the United States earlier this month to accompany President Masoud Pezeshkian to his address at the UN General Assembly, he had also brought proposals aimed at securing a negotiated settlement of outstanding issues with the West over the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
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2025-09-30 20:35
By Dr. Mohammadjavad Akhavan
Europe’s fatal mistake
TEHRAN – In recent weeks, Europe’s attempt to reinstate sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran has once again dominated international headlines. Yet, what lies behind this move goes far beyond a simple legal or diplomatic measure. It is, in fact, an effort by Europe to restore its long-diminished role in the global political order.
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2025-09-29 21:57
No legal basis for reimposing Security Council sanctions: Iran to world powers
TEHRAN – Iran’s foreign minister has dismissed as baseless recent claims by the United States and its European allies that UN Security Council sanctions on Tehran, terminated under the 2015 nuclear agreement, have been reinstated.
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2025-09-29 15:11
UN snapback sanctions will not derail Iran’s crude sales, says oil official
TEHRAN – The spokesman of Iran’s Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Products Exporters’ Union said the reimposition of United Nations sanctions under the “snapback” mechanism would not have a decisive impact on the country’s oil exports.
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2025-09-28 21:39
By Sahar Dadjoo
Exclusive: China’s UNSC stance on Iran boosts its credibility as mediator, says Chinese scholar
Professor Fan notes Beijing’s support is grounded in fairness, justice, and universal international interests
TEHRAN- As debates intensify at the United Nations following the Security Council’s failure to extend sanctions relief for Iran, global attention has shifted to the broader geopolitical rift between Western powers and rising challengers such as China and Russia.
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2025-09-27 22:10
By Soheila Zarfam
'US betrayed diplomacy. Europe buried it'
Iranian officials decry UNSC vote as ‘illegal’ farce, vow snapback will fail
TEHRAN – After a controversial voting at the UN Security Council on Friday, senior Iranian officials have inveighed against the decision to reimpose pre-JCPOA UN sanctions on the country, labeling the move an “immoral and illegal” act of bad faith that undermines international law and diplomacy.
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2025-09-26 22:08
By Soheila Zarfam
Last chance for diplomacy
A China-Russia resolution could prevent a dramatic Iran-West escalation as Tehran attempts to address illogical demands
THERAN – The United Nations Security Council on Friday, was preparing to vote on a resolution put forth by China and Russia, calling for the extension of UN sanctions relief for Iran, sanctions that E3 (Germany, Britain, and France) began a process to reinstate in late August.
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2025-09-24 20:56
By Sahar Dadjoo
US will stop at nothing to assert dominance over other nations: Sierra Leone scholar
TEHRAN – In a dramatic development at the United Nations last Friday, September 19, 2025, the Security Council voted against a proposal to extend sanctions relief for Iran, paving the way for the automatic re-imposition of previous UN sanctions under the so-called “snapback” mechanism.
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2025-09-24 11:16
TCCIMA discusses business resilience strategies amid snapback sanctions risk
TEHRAN – Members of the Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (TCCIMA) debated the impact of looming snapback sanctions and ways to boost demand during stagflation at their 30th general assembly, held on the first day of autumn.
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2025-09-22 21:17
Lawmakers’ letter asking for reconsideration of Iran's nuclear doctrine resurfaces
TEHRAN – After years of fruitless diplomacy surrounding Tehran's nuclear program, and following a full-scale war imposed on Iran in June, the Iranian public and media appear increasingly to favor a shift in the country's nuclear doctrine.
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2025-09-20 21:50
Pezeshkian says Iran will not ‘bow to pressure’ after UNSC moves to impose snapback sanctions
TEHRAN – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, speaking at a ceremony on Saturday, said Tehran would never surrender to coercion.
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2025-09-20 21:49
By Sahar Dadjoo
Araghchi represents Iran’s official stance, Prof. Gärtner says after Macron’s controversial remarks
Political expert adds it’s fair that Iran demands no new military strikes during renewed talks
TEHRAN – Prof. Dr. Heinz Gärtner, a distinguished scholar of international relations and political science at the University of Vienna, brings decades of expertise on global security, transatlantic relations, nuclear non-proliferation, and West Asian geopolitics.
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2025-09-20 21:04
By Mohammad Ghaderi, Political Analyst
Snapback is a nail in the coffin of international law!
TEHRAN – On Friday, September 19, 2025, the Security Council predictably failed to approve a draft resolution extending the suspension of anti-Iranian sanctions. The draft was prepared in response to the European troika’s move to trigger the snapback mechanism, which would reinstate UN sanctions on Iran.
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2025-09-19 21:14
By Mona Hojat Ansari
Iran says Europe ignored ‘logical’ offer based on ‘baseless excuses’
A day after Macron accused Araghchi of lacking agency, the E3 caved in to US pressure and officially began snapback of UN sanctions
TEHRAN – As a leader who has frequently talked about how “concerned” he is about Iran’s battered nuclear program in recent weeks, Emanuel Macron of France inarguably blunted any efforts to prevent tensions from shooting up when he sat down with a Zionist journalist on Thursday and announced that Europe will re-instate UN sanctions against Iran, regardless of what the country has done or might do in the future.
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2025-09-14 21:06
European Snapback efforts could inflict ‘irreparable damage’: Araghchi
TEHRAN – Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has issued a stark warning to the United Kingdom, France, and Germany, cautioning that their ongoing efforts to revive UN Security Council sanctions against Tehran could lead to "irreparable damage."
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2025-09-14 20:56
By Mona Hojat Ansari
Cooperation with IAEA still not a sure thing
Iran’s top security body says renewed attacks, return of UN sanctions will force country to ditch Cairo deal
TEHRAN – The agreement signed in Cairo last week between Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi to resume cooperation sparked consternation among conservatives in Iran and placed domestic pressure on the Pezeshkian administration.
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2025-09-13 21:26
Exclusive: U.S. isolation inevitable if ‘snapback’ mechanism revived, cautions nuclear physicist
Dr. Khaled Hussein points to Washington’s domination of global oversight mechanisms and calls for respect of Iran’s legal rights
TEHRAN- As debates over Iran’s nuclear rights and Western pressures on the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) framework continue to dominate regional and international discourse, questions are being raised about the credibility of global nuclear governance.
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2025-09-07 21:18
Europe’s ‘reckless course’ will only sideline it from future diplomacy: Araghchi
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has warned that Britain, France and Germany are jeopardizing their credibility and international standing by aligning with U.S. President Donald Trump’s strategy of maximum pressure on Tehran, urging the three to reconsider their approach before diplomacy is lost altogether.
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2025-09-05 21:18
By Soheila Zarfam
Iran vies with West for UNSC votes
A Russian resolution would put snapback of Iran UN sanctions on hold if passed
TEHRAN – Two distinct blocs have emerged within the UN Security Council as nations maneuver for votes ahead of a Russian proposal, which will offer to extend the implementation period of Resolution 2231 by six months.
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2025/09/03
By Xavier Villar
Europe, Iran, and the loss of diplomatic autonomy
MADRID – In an exclusive interview with The Guardian, Esmaeil Baqaei, spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, offered a blunt assessment of current tensions surrounding Iran’s nuclear program and the role Europe has chosen to play in this context.
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2025-09-03 20:11
Parliament to back NPT withdrawal following snapback
TEHRAN – A senior Iranian lawmaker has said Parliament will fully support any decision by the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) to withdraw from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in response to the reactivation of the snapback sanctions mechanism.
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2025-09-02 21:06
Negligent JCPOA parties cannot accuse Tehran of inaction: Iran foreign ministry
TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Ministry has rejected claims that Tehran failed to meet its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal (JCPOA), saying the parties that neglected their obligations have no right to accuse Iran of inaction.
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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.
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2025-09-02 20:46
Parliament ponders response options to E3’s ‘snapback’ push
TEHRAN – Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf on Tuesday denounced the European troika’s decision to trigger the snapback mechanism of sanctions as “illegal” and vowed that the Islamic Republic will soon announce a unified and decisive response.
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2025-09-01 22:27
Russia and China join Iran to reject E3 ‘snapback’ trigger as legally baseless
TEHRAN – In a move that appeared to signal unity, Iran, Russia, and China jointly denounced the European powers' (E3) attempt to trigger the JCPOA’s so-called snapback mechanism as “legally baseless” and “politically destructive.”
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2025-09-01 22:18
By Sahar Dadjoo
Exclusive: West using ‘snapback’ for political manipulation, says former UN expert
Alfred de Zayas denounces U.S. and EU move as illegitimate under Resolution 2231
TEHRAN – In an exclusive interview, the Tehran Times engaged with Alfred de Zayas, a distinguished professor of international law at the Geneva School of Diplomacy, former Secretary of the UN Human Rights Committee, and former UN Independent Expert on International Order (2012-18).
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2025-09-01 22:05
By Peiman Salehi
The snapback mechanism: Europe’s last gamble and Iran’s road to sovereignty
TEHRAN – On August 29, 2025, the European troika announced the activation of the so-called “snapback” mechanism, seeking to reimpose all UN sanctions on Iran. In Western media this move was framed as a defense of the nuclear order and international security.