The German, British and French Foreign Ministers announced, on Thursday 20 August, that they could not support the American request to launch the ‘snapback’ mechanism against Iran.
This mechanism allows a participant in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on the Iranian nuclear agreement to seek the restoration of the multilateral sanctions against Tehran, which were lifted in 2015 in accordance with the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 2231.
“We cannot...