How to Make Snapback a Success

The clock is ticking for a new nuclear deal with Iran.

French President Emmanuel Macron meets with Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on September 24, 2024. September 3, 2025, 12:02 PM Comment icon View Comments ( )

France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, known collectively as the E3, have triggered the “ snapback ” process against Iran, starting a 30-day countdown after which all U.N. sanctions lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal will return. Snapback promises to restore U.N. sanctions that froze Iranian assets abroad and imposed travel bans and an arms embargo. The European countries will also move to reimpose their

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