European Countries Trigger the ‘Snapback’ of Iran Sanctions

France, Germany, and the U.K. ran out of patience with Tehran and are bringing back previously halted U.N. measures.

French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer meet on the sidelines of the two-day NATO summit in The Hague. August 28, 2025, 1:11 PM Comment icon View Comments ( )

Germany, France, and the United Kingdom on Thursday triggered the so-called snapback of U.N. sanctions on Iran, after years of talks to elicit greater cooperation and transparency over Iran’s nuclear program came to naught.

The three European countries, known as the E3, were all parties to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal that was meant to constrain Iran’s development of nuclear weap

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