The United States Welcomes the Initiation of Snapback

This morning, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom initiated a process under UN Security Council resolution 2231 (2015) to reimpose UN sanctions on Iran.     

These European allies – the E3 – have laid out a clear case of Iran’s continuing “significant non-performance” of its nuclear commitments, establishing a strong basis for initiating snapback. Moreover, the E3 could have initiated snapback at any point since 2019 but chose instead to first pursue intensive outreach and engagement – to provide Iran with a diplomatic offramp from its strategy of nuclear escalation.  

The United States appreciates the leadership of our E3 allies in this effort. Over the coming weeks, we will work with them and other Members of the UN Security Council to successfully complete the snapback of international sanctions and restrictions on Iran, as the President instructed in National Security Presidential Memorandum 2.  

At the same time, the United States remains available for direct engagement with Iran – in furtherance of a peaceful, enduring resolution to the Iran nuclear issue. Snapback does not contradict our earnest readiness for diplomacy, it only enhances it. I urge Iranian leaders to take the immediate steps necessary to ensure that their nation will never obtain a nuclear weapon; to walk the path of peace; and to, by extension, advance prosperity for the Iranian people.