Iran given deadline on nuclear deal by US and Europe - Axios
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (Photo: Getty Images)
The US and Europe have given Iran a deadline to finalize a nuclear agreement or face severe sanctions, reports Axios.
Sources told the outlet that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the foreign ministers of France, Germany, and the United Kingdom agreed during a phone call on Monday, July 14, to set the end of August as the de facto deadline for reaching a nuclear deal with Tehran.
If no agreement is reached by then, the three European nations plan to trigger the snapback mechanism, which would automatically reinstate all United Nations Security Council sanctions on Iran that were lifted under the 2015 agreement.
The snapback activation process takes 30 days, and European officials aim to complete it before Russia assumes the presidency of the UN Security Council in October.
Iran, for its part, argues that there are no legal grounds for reimposing the sanctions and has threatened to withdraw from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in response.
Trump vs. Iran
On June 22, the US launched strikes on three key Iranian nuclear sites. President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth claimed that Tehran’s nuclear program had been completely destroyed.
However, according to a CNN report citing US intelligence, the core components of Iran’s nuclear infrastructure remained intact.
This report sparked a furious reaction from Trump, who accused the media of spreading disinformation.
