Senior officials from the E3 countries – the United Kingdom, Germany and France – warned the Trump government that Iran is deliberately delaying negotiations on a new nuclear deal to prevent sanctions on imposing a agreement, according to several sources.

According to the 2015 nuclear agreement, Member States have the power to impose wide sanctions of the United Nations Security Council in Iran through a mechanism known as “snapback” in response to significant violations of Iran’s nuclear commitments.

This option will no longer be available after October, the “Expiry Date”. European signatories have made it clear in Iran that if a new and “substantive” nuclear deal is not reached by August, they will activate this mechanism, which will lead to extensive sanctions against Iran.

“Europeans have told the United States that there must be a clear timetable for negotiations differently, the Iranians will deliberately delay to create a US-European confrontation in an attempt to prevent the use of sanctions mechanism“, They said several sources in the Washington Post.

On Sunday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragsi warned that “If Europeans activate the “snapback” mechanism established under the nuclear deal, Iran will respond dynamically“

Disagreement lies in uranium enrichment

The basic disagreement between the sides revolves around uranium enrichment. While the Trump government has made it clear that it will not allow Iran to enrich celestial under a new agreement, Iran insists it has the right to enrich uranium for its political nuclear energy program.

A senior US official told the Washington Post after Friday’s Friday talks between Oman between Trump’s envoy and Foreign Minister Abbas Arartsi that some progress has been made, but there is still work to be done. “Conversations were constructive and both sides agreed to meet again soon“, Said the official.