Joint Statement of the Three Nations

The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Britain, France and Germany issued a joint statement on the Iran nuclear issue on the 28th that the three countries notified the UN Security Council on the same day to launch the "rapid resumption of sanctions" mechanism, if the Security Council fails to pass a resolution on extending the period of exemption from sanctions against Iran within 30 days, the relevant sanctions will be resumed.

The joint statement published on the website of the British Foreign Office said that since 2019, Iran has failed to implement the comprehensive agreement on the Iranian nuclear issue.The statement warned that according to the "rapid restoration of sanctions" mechanism, if the Security Council fails to pass a resolution within 30 days to extend the exemption period of Iran's sanctions, the six resolutions passed by the Security Council against Iran in the past will be reinstated, including sanctions measures.At the same time, Britain, France and Germany will continue to contact Iran during this 30-day period.

Under the 2015 comprehensive agreement on Iran’s nuclear weapons, Iran pledged to limit its nuclear program and the international community lifted sanctions on Iran. The United Nations Security Council subsequently passed Resolution 2231 and approved the agreement. This resolution contains a “rapid resumption of sanctions” mechanism that allows signatories to take measures against Iran’s violations, which is valid until 18 October this year.

The foreign ministers of Iran, Britain, France and Germany and the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy held a joint video conference on July 17. Britain, France and Germany expressed Iran's determination to launch the "rapid restoration of sanctions" mechanism and pressured Iran to resume nuclear negotiations with the United States as soon as possible. Iran has repeatedly expressed its opposition to the launch of the mechanism.

In May 2018, the United States announced its unilateral withdrawal from the Iran nuclear agreement and restarted and added a series of new sanctions against Iraq. Since May 2019, Iran has gradually suspended fulfilling some provisions of the Iran nuclear agreement, but the measures it has promised to take are "reversible."

Source: World Wide Web

Edited by: Van Seetal

Reviewer: Chang Lisong