Iran will stop cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency if European powers activate the UN snapback mechanism, Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said Thursday.
“We told them that if this happens, the path we have opened for cooperation and engagement with the IAEA will be completely affected and halted,” he said, according to state media.
He added that triggering snapback would mean “Europe will, in effect, remove itself from the diplomatic arena,” and future talks would be confined to the UN Security Council framework.
Gharibabadi said Iran had made clear to the E3 and EU what retaliatory steps it would take and emphasized that the choice now lies with Europe. “They can choose a path of confrontation or a path of cooperation,” he said. “We are ready for both.”
