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France's President Emmanuel Macron (L), Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer meet on the sidelines of the two-day NATO Heads of State and Government summit in The Hague on June 24, 2025.

European countries trigger the ‘snapback’ of Iran sanctions

France, Germany, and the UK ran out of patience with Tehran and are bringing back previously halted UN measures

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Abbas Araghchi: The tweeting diplomat sailing Iran through a storm

Online, he is an avid user of social media. Offline, Iran's foreign minister is a seasoned international diplomat known for his calm but serious manner and negotiating skills.

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The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action meeting held to discuss the full implementation of the Iran nuclear deal and the return of the United States to the deal in Vienna, Austria on April 15, 2021. (Getty)

Europe’s Critical Position in Vienna Talks

The Vienna talks began in early April 2021 and have included several rounds of high-level discussions. Expert groups also have been working on proposals on how to resolve the issues around American…

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Israel’s Shadow War With Iran

On April 10, an explosion rocked the Natanz nuclear facility in Iran—the most recent salvo in a long-running shadow war between the Islamic Republic and the forces seeking to prevent it from reaching…

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The Case Against the Iran Deal

Proponents of the Iran nuclear agreement are sounding the alarm. In 2018, the United States withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, and since then, Iran has increased the quality and…

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The Devil is in the Details: Biden’s Difficult Path to the JCPOA

Since the early days of his candidacy for President, Joe Biden has been notionally committed to re-entering the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran. However, a close examination of his and his subordinates’…

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Iran’s Maximum Defiance Strategy

In perhaps his most symbolic breach of the 2015 nuclear deal (JCPOA), Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said last week that his country had begun injecting uranium gas into centrifuges at Fordow,…

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Does Iran Want a Confrontation?

Iran has announced on Monday that it has surpassed the limit of low-enriched uranium it could stockpile under the 2015 nuclear agreement. Although it this is technically not a major escalation, its…

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The JCPOA Negotiation Process

On May 8, 2018, the Trump administration formally pulled out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), a nuclear deal that the P5+1 (the US, UK, France, Russia, China, and Germany)…

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