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Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2025/09/27/middleeast/iran-snapback-nuclear-sanctions-intl
European Nations Hit Iran with "Snapback" Sanctions over Its Nuclear Program
(CNN) Tim Lister - France, Germany and the UK on Sunday triggered the reimposition of UN "snapback" sanctions against Iran a decade after they were suspended as part of a deal to limit the country's nuclear program. They accused Iran of not meeting its obligations under the JCPOA agreement. Sanctions were due to end permanently on Oct. 18. But the original agreement allowed any signatory to restore sanctions before that date if it decided Iran had failed to meet its commitments. In August, European negotiators told the UN Security Council that Iran had violated "the near entirety of its JCPOA commitments," and gave a month's warning to Iran in August. Snapback restores an arms embargo and a ban on Iran getting technology for its ballistic missile program. Iran's oil and financial services sectors were also targeted. The European decision is not binding on China and Russia, historical allies of Iran.