Iran’s foreign minister headed to Vienna to meet with E3 officials as UN poised to reimpose ‘snapback’ sanctions

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is headed to Vienna to meet with officials from Britain, France and Germany, the so-called E3, Iran’s Nournews agency reports, as international sanctions on Tehran over its nuclear program are set to be reimposed at the end of this month.

The E3 triggered a so-called “snapback” mechanism on August 28, following unsuccessful talks with Iran to reach a new nuclear agreement.

The mechanism launched a 30-day period for the return of all the UN sanctions that were in place on Iran before a now-defunct 2015 nuclear deal, including a conventional arms embargo, restrictions on ballistic missile development, asset freezes, travel bans and a ban on producing nuclear-related technology.

Then on Friday, the United Nations Security Council voted against a resolution that would have blocked the reimposition of the deep economic sanctions, paving the way for them to be reintroduced.

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