The EU will begin the process of reinstating UN sanctions against Iran since August 29, if Tehran has not made progress until then in limiting its nuclear program, the block said.

Speaking at a meeting of his EU counterparts, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said: “France and its partners … are justified to re-apply global embargo on weapons, banks and nuclear equipment that had been lifted 10 years ago. Without a stable, tangible and verifiable commitment by Iran, we will do so by the end of August at the latest. “

Europeans have been largely settled by the Iranian nuclear issue by Donald Trump, who ordered the bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities last month, and this intervention can be seen as an attempt to reassess Europe’s influence, Guardian notes.

The deadline of August begins a process that could lead to a series of sanctions by October 15, giving European signatories to the 2015 nuclear agreement – the United Kingdom, France and Germany – a continuous lever in negotiations with Iran.

European forces want the return of the UN nuclear inspection to Iran, partly to prevent Iran from trying to reshape its nuclear program after the damage caused by US blows in June.

The 2015 nuclear deal

The way in which the 2015 nuclear agreement was negotiated does not allow other signatories, China or Russia, to veto the reinstatement of sanctions, but European states can postpone the imposition of reinstatement after October to give time to further consultations.

The US, after leaving the nuclear deal in 2018, cannot also veto the UK or France traffic. Sanctions will be activated on the basis of Chapter Seven of the UN Charter, making it mandatory to reinstate six UN resolutions, including one that requires Iran to suspend all activities related to enrichment and celestial cement, including research and growth level.

Another resetting resolution would require all UN Member States to prevent the transfer of any objects, materials or technologies that could serve these Iranian activities or missile program.

Iranian sanctions experts argue that restored resolutions will not automatically stop all Iranian oil exports, will not cut off Iran’s access to international financial systems, nor will they discontinue general commercial communications. But all countries and international financial institutions should be refused from providing financial aid, new commitments or privileged loans to the Iranian government, except for humanitarian and development purposes.

Abbas Arakki, the Iranian Foreign Minister, recently said that the activation of sanctions “will mean the end of Europe’s role in the Iranian nuclear issue and can be the darkest point in the history of Iran’s relations with the three European countries, a point that may not be restored.”