Snapback is Europe’s excuse to revive ‘the corpse’ of 2015 nuclear deal, Iranian MP says

The head of Iran’s parliamentary commission on internal affairs said on Sunday that the European push to activate the UN snapback mechanism is an attempt to “revive the corpse” of the 2015 nuclear deal.

Mohammad Saleh Jokar, a senior lawmaker, said the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was “unilaterally scrapped by the United States” and no longer exists, yet European powers are now using it “to secure their own interests with help from Zionist plots and the US.”

“The Iranian people gained nothing from the JCPOA,” Jokar said. “Western parties never upheld their promises, while Iran fulfilled its commitments early on.”

He added that the snapback push violates international law and warned that Tehran “will not forget this mistake.”

The JCPOA is the 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers aimed at limiting Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.