{"id":330883,"date":"2025-04-26T11:00:31","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T10:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=330883"},"modified":"2025-04-26T11:00:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T10:00:31","slug":"irans-desperate-diplomacy-posing-with-moscow-and-beijing-urging-e3-to-halt-snapback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/irans-desperate-diplomacy-posing-with-moscow-and-beijing-urging-e3-to-halt-snapback\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s Desperate Diplomacy: Posing with Moscow and Beijing, Urging E3 to Halt Snapback"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Iranian regime’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Two-minute read<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As indirect nuclear talks between Iran and the United States resumed today in Muscat, Oman, Tehran’s vulnerability is on full display. Far from projecting strength, the\u00a0<\/span>Iranian regime\u2019s<\/span> return to negotiations highlights a regime scrambling to avert the collapse of its strategic position, both at home and abroad.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In parallel with these talks, <\/span>the regime\u2019s<\/span> Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has launched<\/a> an urgent diplomatic effort aimed at the European powers. “Now the ball is in their court,” Araghchi declared earlier this week, offering to travel to Paris, Berlin, and London to “initiate a new round of talks” intended to prevent the activation of the “snapback” mechanism under UN Security Council Resolution 2231 before the deadline later this year.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Over recent weeks, Araghchi traveled to Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, followed by consultations with senior Chinese officials in Beijing. Seeking to project strength through alignment with Moscow and Beijing, Araghchi nonetheless emphasized his willingness to engage the E3.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

European governments have responded cautiously, aware of Tehran’s longstanding pattern of using negotiations to buy time. No immediate positive signals have emerged from London or Berlin regarding Araghchi\u2019s proposals. Meanwhile, Tehran\u2019s overtures to Russia and China have thus far failed to deliver material relief or halt Iran\u2019s growing international isolation.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) October 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n