Amid Fears Iran Is Rushing Toward a Nuclear Test, European Countries Claim They Would Seek To Snap Back UN Sanctions

Critics are skeptical of the European intentions. The mere threat, though, could signal an attempt to toughen diplomacy when it comes to Iran.

Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, at Tehran, August 27, 2024. Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP

After President Biden, in his final days in office, has issued a fresh $10 billion sanctions waiver for Iran, three European countries are threatening to reimpose all global sanctions that the United Nations levied before the 2015 nuclear deal with the Islamic Republic. 

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