Europe says ready to delay sanctions snapback if Iran meets three conditions

"Iran is committed to diplomacy but will not negotiate under the pressure of threats," Iran's envoy to the UN said on Friday, as he condemned the European powers' move to trigger the snapback mechanism as a violation of international commitments.

Amir-Saeed Iravani said Tehran remains committed to its "peaceful nuclear program" and will defend its rights.

"Iran supports the draft resolution put forward by Russia and China for the technical extension of Resolution 2231 on the nuclear agreement," Iran's ambassador to the UN Amir-Saeed Iravani said.

The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting on Iran on Friday, one day after Britain, France and Germany triggered the so-called "snapback" mechanism which will restore UN sanctions on Tehran after 30 days unless a new resolution blocks it.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi criticized the move by France, Germany, and the United Kingdom to trigger the UN snapback mechanism, saying it reduces the likelihood of cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog and will prompt a response from Tehran.

“As I have made abundantly clear, the E3’s decision will have significant adverse impacts on diplomacy. It will severely undermine the ongoing dialogue between Iran and the IAEA. It will also compel an appropriate response,” Araghchi posted on X on Friday.

Araghchi added that since the US withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal, also known as JCPOA, Europe has failed to meet its obligations under the agreement.

“The reality is that we are at a point where the West cannot even guarantee that it will cease further unlawful military strikes on my people while negotiations are held,” Araghchi said.

Iran's oil minister told the state TV the "snapback" mechanism triggered by European powers could impose restrictions on Tehran's oil sales that may require further countermeasures, but stressed the Islamic Republic will not be constrained by them.

"We have faced restrictions on oil sales for years, and this has given us the expertise to bypass such sanctions. Our current team can devise different ways of overcoming these restrictions," Mohsen Paknjead said.

"The snapback sanctions can move us toward conditions that require new countermeasures, but we won't be tied down by them," he added.

"Iran's continued participation in the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) is nothing but yielding to the enemy’s blackmail and an insult to the Iranian nation and government," said Hossein Shariatmadari, the representative of Iran's Supreme Leader in the hardline Kayhan newspaper.

"During the recent 12-day war, the European troika (Britain, France and Germany) stood alongside the United States and Israel and even refused to condemn America’s attack on our nuclear facilities. Make no mistake: the recent move by the three European countries is a continuation of that 12-day war and is aimed at compensating for the defeat of the United States and the Zionist regime."

Shariatmadari said "leaving the NPT is not only an overdue necessity at this point, but also Iran’s ‘counter-attack’ to the enemy’s ‘offensive,’ and any delay in doing so would mean giving ground to the adversary."