"Tehran says it has offered fair proposals and accuses the E3 of political bias' in seeking to revive sanctions. Iran has hit out at European states that have threatened to revive international sanctions over the monitoring of its nuclear programme. Tehran officials on Friday accused the European states, which have said they will reimpose international sanctions by the end of the month if Tehran does not meet conditions, of political bias and insisted that they have presented fair proposals to resolve the issue."
"Britain, France and Germany known as the E3 launched a 30-day process in late August to reimpose sanctions unless Tehran meets their demands. The Europeans offered to delay the snapback for up to six months if Iran restored access for UN nuclear inspectors and engaged in talks with the US. However, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that sanctions are likely to be reinstated, with European officials claiming that Iran has not engaged seriously in negotiations."
"Iranian officials have accused the trio of abusing the dispute mechanism contained in the 2015 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), which allows for the application of sanctions under a snapback mechanism. What Europeans are doing is politically biased and politically motivated They are wrong on different levels by trying to misuse the mechanism embedded in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh said."
Iran has accused European states of political bias after the E3 (Britain, France and Germany) launched a 30-day process to reimpose sanctions unless Tehran meets demands. Iranian officials say they have presented fair and actionable proposals and insist Europeans are misusing the snapback dispute mechanism in the JCPOA and NPT. The matter coincides with a UN Security Council vote on lifting UN sanctions that is unlikely to pass and could face vetoes from the United States, Britain or France. European offers included delaying snapback if inspectors regain access and talks with the US occur.
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