“Iran has crossed all the boundaries it had committed to respect,“ and the country “is on the verge of acquiring nuclear weapons,“ Jean-Noel Barrot told reporters after a closed-door meeting of the Security Council on non-proliferation, which he had convened.
Barrot voiced hope that the ongoing negotiations between Tehran and Washington on the issue would bear fruit, adding that France, Germany, and the United Kingdom were in “close contact” on the issue with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
US President Donald Trump pulled out of an earlier, multilateral agreement on Iran during his first term. The United States and Israel have repeatedly threatened Iran with military strikes.
Last week, Rubio urged the three European states to decide whether to trigger the “snapback” mechanism under the 2015 agreement, which would automatically reinstate UN sanctions on Iran over its non-compliance.
A return of sanctions would have “devastating effects on the country’s economy. This is not what we want, and that is why I solemnly call on Iran to take the necessary decisions today to avoid the worst,“ said Barrot.
Speaking alongside Barrot, IAEA Director Rafael Grossi also stressed that an agreement with Iran was crucial.
“It’s not a matter of months or years, it’s perhaps a matter of weeks where the world can really come to something that is doable, is feasible, and above all, avoids the spectrum of more military conflicts,“ he said.
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