Iran says will not resume nuclear talks with Europeans 'at this stage'

Iran does not program to instantly resume atomic talks with European nations aft they reimposed sanctions, the overseas Ministry said connected Monday (October 6, 2025).

Britain, France and Germany, signatories to Iran's 2015 atomic deal, reimposed sanctions connected September 28, triggering successful crook the instrumentality of UN sanctions nether the alleged snapback mechanism.

"We person nary plans for negotiations astatine this stage," ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said, adding that Iran was examining the "consequences and implications" of the restart of sanctions initiated by the countries known arsenic the E3.

"Of course, diplomacy — successful the consciousness of maintaining contacts and consultations -- volition continue," Baqaei said.

"Whenever we consciousness that diplomacy tin beryllium effective, we volition surely marque decisions based connected the country's interests and priorities," helium added.

Western countries, spearheaded by the United States and joined by Israel, impeach Iran of pursuing atomic weapons and specify uranium enrichment arsenic a reddish line.

Iran categorically rejects the accusations, insisting its atomic programme is solely for civilian purposes and that it has a close to enrichment nether the atomic Non-Proliferation Treaty.

According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Iran is the lone state without a atomic weapons programme to enrich uranium to 60%, adjacent to the threshold of 90% required for a bomb.

In 2015, the United States, with the 3 European countries, Russia, and China concluded an statement with Iran providing for the regularisation of Iranian atomic activities successful speech for the lifting of sanctions.

President Donald Trump decided during his archetypal word successful 2018 to retreat from the woody and reinstate sanctions.

In retaliation, Iran has gradually withdrawn from immoderate commitments, peculiarly connected uranium enrichment.

Iran has repeatedly warned that a instrumentality of sanctions would pb to a suspension of practice with the IAEA.

On Sunday, Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned that practice with the IAEA, the UN's atomic watchdog, "is nary longer relevant" with the reintroduction of UN sanctions, though it was not wide whether Iran intends to wholly interruption with the agency.