{"id":333504,"date":"2025-06-28T09:04:05","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T08:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=333504"},"modified":"2025-06-28T09:04:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T08:04:05","slug":"iran-news-regime-fm-defiant-after-blocking-iaea-warns-europe-against-snapback-sanctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/iran-news-regime-fm-defiant-after-blocking-iaea-warns-europe-against-snapback-sanctions\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News: Regime FM Defiant After Blocking IAEA, Warns Europe Against &#8220;Snapback&#8221; Sanctions"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_333505\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-333505\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-333505 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Iranian-regimes-FM-Abbas-Araghchi-interview-27062025.jpg\" alt=\"Iranian regime's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi talks to state TV on June 27, 2025\" width=\"1000\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Iranian-regimes-FM-Abbas-Araghchi-interview-27062025.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Iranian-regimes-FM-Abbas-Araghchi-interview-27062025-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Iranian-regimes-FM-Abbas-Araghchi-interview-27062025-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Iranian-regimes-FM-Abbas-Araghchi-interview-27062025-745x420.jpg 745w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Iranian-regimes-FM-Abbas-Araghchi-interview-27062025-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Iranian-regimes-FM-Abbas-Araghchi-interview-27062025-696x393.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-333505\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iranian regime&#8217;s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi talks to state TV on June 27, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In a defiant broadcast <a href=\"https:\/\/telewebion.com\/episode\/0x13869fea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on state-controlled television<\/a> on June 27, the Iranian regime\u2019s Minister of Foreign Affairs Abbas Araqchi openly threatened Europe after Tehran\u2019s parliament voted to ban cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and suspend inspections following recent Israeli\u2013U.S. airstrikes on its nuclear sites.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Araqchi accused Britain, France, and Germany of plotting to reactivate the UN sanctions \u201csnapback\u201d mechanism under the 2015 nuclear deal, warning that such a move would mark \u201cthe greatest historical mistake of Europe,\u201d effectively eliminating European influence in the international sanctions&#8217; architecture.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Under fierce domestic pressure, Tehran is charting a confrontational new direction: cutting voluntary ties with the IAEA and halting oversight, all while insisting they remain open to diplomacy only if it respects Iranian \u201cnational interests.\u201d Araqchi emphasized that any decision on inspections will be made in accordance with <a href=\"https:\/\/fararu.com\/fa\/news\/878876\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">newly passed legislation<\/a> and based on evaluations from the regime\u2019s Supreme National Security Council.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranian regime&#39;s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, concedes today on state-run television that the damages to the nuclear sites are &quot;extensive and serious.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vC6v09rRW5\">pic.twitter.com\/vC6v09rRW5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alireza Jafarzadeh (@A_Jafarzadeh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/A_Jafarzadeh\/status\/1938707341014192346?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Key Developments:<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"4\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On June 25, 2025, the Majlis (parliament) approved a law suspending cooperation with the IAEA. The legislation mandates that any future collaboration must be cleared by the Supreme National Security Council, placing all inspection access under political control.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tasnimnews.com\/fa\/news\/1404\/04\/05\/3342947\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guardian Council quickly ratified<\/a> the bill, giving it full legal and constitutional force. This makes the suspension of IAEA cooperation binding under law.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Officials confirmed that all IAEA inspections have effectively ceased, citing damage to nuclear facilities from the Israeli\u2013U.S. airstrikes. Iranian authorities claim the agency\u2019s demand to visit bombed sites is an attempt to assess the extent of the damage \u2014 which Tehran refuses to allow.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has echoed the regime\u2019s defiance, warning against further IAEA engagement and dismissing European efforts to revive inspections as \u201cpolitically coercive.\u201d Araghchi also criticized Grossi\u2019s request to inspect bomb-damaged nuclear sites, describing it as unacceptably hostile.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> News: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UN<\/a> Security Council Warns Tehran&#39;s Nuclear Activity Poses Global Threat<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZRaz8iwCNq\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZRaz8iwCNq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1938324466343297265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tehran Trapped Between Crisis and Collapse<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The regime finds itself at a critical impasse. The strikes that devastated key nuclear facilities and <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/7293886\/iranian-generals-scientists-targets-killed-by-israeli-strikes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">killed numerous senior<\/a> IRGC commanders have left Tehran both militarily bruised and politically cornered. On one hand, the regime fears that overt confrontation with the international community could trigger a tightening diplomatic and economic noose, risking further internal instability and a nationwide uprising. On the other, even contemplating renewed talks with the U.S.\u2014a country directly involved in bombing its nuclear assets\u2014risks projecting capitulation and weakness to both allies and adversaries.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Internally, the regime is fractured. Competing factions are pressuring Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei from opposite ends: some warn that backing down signals defeat and will accelerate popular unrest, while others claim that refusing diplomacy courts further isolation and downfall. Both sides, however, agree on one point\u2014the wrong move could hasten the regime\u2019s end.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Domestically, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/irans-regime-responds-to-military-losses-with-repression-and-belligerence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pressure is mounting<\/a>. Rival factions within the regime are locked in a deadlock: some insist that any concession signals defeat and could embolden the population to rise up, while others argue that refusing diplomatic de-escalation will only deepen the regime\u2019s isolation and hasten collapse.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Yet amid these fractures, one reality dominates the regime\u2019s calculations: despite its recent blows, it cannot afford to back down from the nuclear issue. The regime sees its nuclear project not only as a strategic deterrent but as a pillar of its survival. Thus, rather than showing genuine flexibility, Tehran has chosen a path of defiance\u2014using threats, blackmail, and regional destabilization in a bid to restore the previous balance of power. This is a regime wounded, but preparing to revive and rebuild its nuclear program once the immediate shock subsides.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>\u2019s Regime Scrambles to Mask Defeat, Control Fallout After Ceasefire<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qC7wxMACAf\">https:\/\/t.co\/qC7wxMACAf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1938341139125338588?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">What\u2019s at stake<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The snapback mechanism\u2014allowing Britain, France, or Germany to restore comprehensive UN sanctions lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal (JCPOA)\u2014offers Europe a pivotal choice. It can seize the unprecedented moment of a weakened and destabilized regime to finally neutralize Iran\u2019s nuclear threat, or it can fall for Tehran\u2019s grandiose posturing and once again throw the world\u2019s leading state sponsor of terrorism a lifeline.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a defiant broadcast on state-controlled television on June 27, the Iranian regime&rsquo;s Minister of Foreign Affairs Abbas Araqchi openly threatened Europe after Tehran&rsquo;s parliament voted to ban cooperation with [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":333505,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[1175],"class_list":{"0":"post-333504","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nuclear","8":"tag-iran-nuclear"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Iran News: Regime FM Defiant After Blocking IAEA, Warns Europe Against &quot;Snapback&quot; 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