Iran Vows Retaliation If Un Security Council Issues Snapback Sanctions On Anniversary Of Nuclear Deal

Iran connected Monday warned that it would retaliate if the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) took steps to enforce "snapback" sanctions arsenic nations mull further action to halt Tehran’s atomic development. 

"The threat to usage nan snapback system lacks ineligible and governmental ground and will beryllium met pinch an due and proportionate consequence from nan Islamic Republic of Iran," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei claimed during a property conference, according to a Reuters report.

Baghaei did not grow connected really Iran would retaliate, but his threats travel amid repeated warnings from information experts that clip is moving retired to enforce nan punishment system by Oct. 18 nether position dictated by nan 2015 atomic deal. 

Esmaeil Baghaei, Iran's overseas ministry spokesman, speaks during a property convention successful Tehran and warns of retaliation if nan U.N. issues snapback sanctions, connected July 14, 2025. (Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images)

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The comments coincided pinch nan 10-year day of nan Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which was primitively intended to halt Iran’s atomic ambitions, but which immoderate person based on was insufficient to adequately deter Tehran. 

Under nan position of nan JCPOA, immoderate signatory tin unilaterally call up snapback sanctions if Iran is recovered to person violated nan position of nan agreement. 

Though nan U.S., which, alongside nan U.K., France, Germany, China and Russia, signed nan 2015 deal, was deemed by nan U.N. and different JCPOA members incapable to utilize nan system aft Washington withdrew from nan statement successful 2018 during President Donald Trump’s first term.

Despite repeated calls by nan U.S. to enforce snapback – which would legally enforce each 15 U.N. members connected nan council, including Russia, to reimpose sanctions connected Iran – nary 1 connected nan UNSC aliases JCPOA has yet taken steps to enforce nan sanctions. 

"I would opportunity 1 of nan fewer bully things astir nan JCPOA is that it reverse engineers nan veto successful nan consciousness that you really only request 1 of nan imperishable members to beryllium capable to do this," Behnam Ben Taleblu, elder head of nan Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ Iran orogram told Fox News Digital. "But why is nary 1 doing it? It's because it's a risky move. 

"I deliberation it's a worthwhile move, but we person to beryllium honorable – it's a risky move," he added. 

Ben Taleblu explained that Iran’s astir apt consequence to nan terrible sanctions nether nan snapback system would beryllium its abandonment of the Treaty connected nan Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) – an world statement that complete 190 nations person signed, pledging either not to transportation weapons to different recipient by nuclear-capable nations, aliases not to create atomic arms by non-nuclear nations, among different commitments. 

Members of nan Security Council be a gathering connected threats to world bid and information astatine nan United Nations connected June 13, 2025, successful New York City.  (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

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The position of nan statement are monitored by nan U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency – which Iran has already suspended practice pinch pursuing U.S. and Israeli strikes against its atomic programme past month. 

"In a world successful which Iran's astir apt consequence is to time off nan NPT, 1 has to beryllium assured successful astatine slightest nan expertise of subject threats to deter Iran further, aliases astatine slightest nan credibility of America's and Israel’s, aliases nan world community's, military options against Iran moving forward," Ben Taleblu said. 

"The problem is nan deficiency of a crippled plan. Has America provided Europe pinch a crippled plan, a roadworthy representation for post-snapback?" he added, noting location needs to beryllium a overmuch larger strategy for adjacent steps should sanctions beryllium reinforced.

Though nan U.S. assesses that Iran’s atomic programme has been stunted by up to 2 years, experts stay convinced that Tehran’s atomic ambitions person not been deterred, and its ties to violent networks and adversarial nations mean it remains a apical information concern.

Trump has said he is still committed to negotiating pinch Iran connected its atomic program, though questions stay complete really agelong he will proceed to let negotiations to resistance retired earlier a European federation for illustration nan U.K., France aliases Germany must measurement successful to enact snapback sanctions not only earlier nan October deadline, but earlier Russia takes complete power of nan UNSC presidency that month.

Pushing done nan snapback system is expected to beryllium a astir six-week process. 

A banner depicting Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is placed adjacent to a ballistic rocket successful Baharestan Square successful Tehran connected Sept. 26, 2024. (Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

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Reports connected Sunday suggested that German Chancellor Friedrich Merz could telephone up nan snapback measures arsenic soon arsenic Tuesday, and U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee championed nan move successful a station connected X. 

But Fox News Digital could not independently verify these claims and nan German Foreign Ministry told Israeli news outlet JNS that nan claims were incorrect. 

The chancellor’s agency did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital’s questions.