President Masoud Pezeshkian also says that Tehran will ‘overcome obstacles’ if wide-ranging UN sanctions are reimposed.
Published On 21 Sep 2025
Iran’s top security body has warned that action by France, Germany and the United Kingdom to reimpose international sanctions will “effectively suspend” its cooperation with the United Nations nuclear watchdog.
The warning from the Supreme National Security Council came on Saturday, a day after the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) failed to adopt a resolution to permanently lift sanctions against Iran.
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That vote was called after the three European nations launched a 30-day process on August 28 to reimpose UN sanctions on Iran, claiming that Tehran has violated a deal it signed in 2015 to curb its nuclear programme.
Russia and China, which are also signatories to the deal, have both rejected the bid to trigger the “snapback” sanctions.
Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, which is chaired by President Masoud Pezeshkian, called the action taken by the three European nations, who are known as the E3, “ill-considered”.
It said the move undermined months of engagement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) aimed at resuming monitoring and ensuring compliance with international rules.
“Despite the cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran with the [IAEA] and the proposals presented to resolve the [nuclear] issue, the actions of European countries will effectively suspend the path of cooperation with the Agency,” the council said.
It went on to order the foreign ministry to “continue its consultations within the framework of the decisions of the Supreme National Security Council to protect the country’s national interests”.
Earlier this month, Iran and IAEA had reached a deal on resuming in