SAEDNEWS: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has dismissed any attempt by France, Germany, and the United Kingdom to trigger the JCPOA snapback mechanism as “null and void,” citing their own violations, abandonment of commitments, and alignment with what he describes as Israeli and U.S. aggression.
According to Saed News, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has categorically rejected the European troika’s effort to invoke the so‑called “snapback” mechanism under the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). In a detailed letter to United Nations Secretary‑General António Guterres, members of the UN Security Council, and EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, Araghchi argued that France, Germany, and the UK have no legal, political, or moral standing to trigger dispute‑resolution under both the JCPOA and UN Security Council Resolution 2231.
He wrote on his official X account: “The E3 lacks any legal, political, and moral standing to invoke the mechanisms of the JCPOA and UN Resolution 2231 (2015).” Araghchi contended that by consistently failing to fulfill their JCPOA obligations and by endorsing hostile acts—specifically recent military aggression by Israel and the United States—the three European states have forfeited their status as “Participants” in the agreement.
Araghchi reminded recipients that Iran had already activated the JCPOA’s dispute‑resolution mechanism in 2018, after the United States withdrew, and had exhausted all legal channels before adopting remedial nuclear measures. He accused the E3 of aligning themselves with Washington’s “maximum pressure” campaign and of endorsing Israeli war crimes through public statements, notably citing German Chancellor Merz’s remark that “this is the dirty work Israel is doing for all of us” as evidence of complicity.
The letter further accused France of direct military involvement by shooting down Iranian drones and condemned the UK for its silence and support of Israeli operations that allegedly killed over 1,000 Iranian civilians. According to Araghchi, these actions constitute breaches of international law and strip the E3 of any credibility as honest brokers in nuclear negotiations: “Actors with such a record ought to be the last to claim ‘good faith.’”
He concluded that “any attempt to reinstate terminated UN Security Council resolutions is legally baseless and politically dangerous.” Araghchi’s letter arrives amid heightened regional tensions following Israeli strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities and civilian infrastructure.
