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European troika says will seek to restart nuclear talks with Iran, US
"We are determined to reinitiate negotiations with Iran and the United States towards a comprehensive, durable and verifiable agreement that ensures Iran never acquires a nuclear weapon," they said.
The three European countries activated a so-called “snapback” mechanism of the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran – a move that triggered the re-imposition of sanctions against Iran in September.
Since then, relations between Tehran and the three countries have hit a new low.
On September 9, Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reached an agreement aimed at paving the way for the resumption of cooperation which had been suspended following the unprovoked Israeli-American attacks against key Iranian nuclear facilities in June.
The agreement with the IAEA was signed as a goodwill gesture by Iran to prevent the activation of the snapback mechanism.
Despite Iran’s efforts to prevent the European move, the three countries invoked the mechanism which paved the way for the reimposition of international sanctions that had been removed under the 2015 nuclear agreement.
Iran has rejected the reimposition of sanctions as “entirely unfounded, unlawful, and invalid” claims by the United States and the European countries.