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The E3 trigger the JCPOA snapback mechanism

28 Aug 2025Key event

DiplomaticSanctions

France, Germany and the United Kingdom notify the Security Council that Iran is in significant non-performance of the JCPOA, starting the thirty-day process that returns previously terminated United Nations measures.

Why it mattersA process rather than a relationship: the three states acted as a grouping convened for this mechanism, which is why the module authors no E3 actor and carries the snapback as chronology instead.

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