Iran to give strongest response to any fresh attacks, Pezeshkian tells NBC

European powers "offered a lot of opportunities to come to a new negotiated solution, but they (Iran) didn’t use that space,” German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul told Bloomberg TV.

“The sanctions will be imposed," he was quoted as saying.

However, he added, there would always be space for diplomacy.

The resolution drafted by Russia and China to delay the snapback of Iran sanctions will not succeed today, according to parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee chairman Ebrahim Azizi, who said he learned this after a phone call with Foreign Minister Araghchi.

Iran's foreign ministry on Friday accused the United States of stigmatizing and threatening Iran over its nuclear program even though the country's "sole pursuit is the peaceful use of nuclear technology."

"The very actors that maintain vast stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction choose, instead of fulfilling their disarmament obligations, to carry out acts of sabotage and attack against our peaceful facilities," it said.

"Iran reaffirms its inalienable right to the peaceful use of nuclear energy and calls upon the world to stand firm against such duplicity & double standards," Iran's foreign ministry said in a post on its X account.

Richard Nephew, a former US negotiator in past Iran nuclear talks, commented on a report by London-based Amwaj Media that said Iran had offered to allow immediate UN inspections at its Natanz nuclear facility in exchange for European support of a Russian-drafted resolution to delay the return of sanctions later today.

“No deal. First, this isn’t the only access required. Second, the CSA applies to all safeguarded material, not just Natanz. Third, accepting the conditioning of CSA obligations in general is a mistake,” Nephew said in response to the reported offer.

“Iran signed the safeguards agreement. It should fulfill it.”