Summary: Prompted by Iran’s noncooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the European powers (E3) of the United Kingdom, France, and Germany moved to reinstate United Nations snapback sanctions on the regime ahead of their expiration in October. Meanwhile,…
Our European allies just took the first big step to “snap back” tough UN sanctions on Iran. Their ultimate success can help stabilize the Middle East, impede Russia-Iran security ties, and build bargaining power for Ukraine talks. American leadership now…
Click here to read a transcript. Turkey announced on August 29 that it was severing all remaining economic and commercial ties with Israel, barring Israeli vessels from Turkish ports, prohibiting Turkish ships from calling at Israeli harbors, and closing its…
Click here to read a transcript. On August 28, the UK, France, and Germany formally invoked the “snapback” mechanism to reinstate UN sanctions against Iran, a move they had been warning of unless Tehran restored International Atomic Energy Agency monitoring,…