China, Iran, and Russia denounce the lies of Germany, France, and the United Kingdom regarding Iran’s nuclear program |
We write in response to the joint letter dated 20 November 2025 from the Permanent Representatives of France, Germany and the United Kingdom (the E3) (S/2025/759), and wish to recall the joint letter by the Foreign Ministers of the People’s Republic of China, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Russian Federation circulated on 2 September 2025 (A/79/1004–S/2025/546), which explicitly set out our positions in regard to the “snapback” mechanism as follows:
“At the inception of JCPOA, when the ‘snapback’ mechanism was established, it could hardly be foreseen that the United States would be the first to break its obligations. The United States decision in May 2018 to unilaterally withdraw from JCPOA and undermine the resolution fundamentally affected the modalities of triggering the ‘snapback’ mechanism, which can no longer be used in relation to Iran without properly addressing and resolving in advance the significant non performance by the United States.
“Germany, France and the United Kingdom, as well as the European Union, not only agreed to comply with the illegal discriminatory United States sanctions against Iran but also imposed their own restrictive measures in breach of Security Council........