The Times of Israel is liveblogging Sunday’s events as they unfold.
UK says Iran must ‘stop and reverse’ plan to breach nuclear deal
Britain is urging Iran to “immediately stop and reverse all activities inconsistent with its obligations,” hours after Tehran threatened to abandon a landmark nuclear agreement in 60 days.
“While the UK remains fully committed to the deal, Iran must immediately stop and reverse all activities inconsistent with its obligations,” the British Foreign Office says in a statement.
“We are coordinating with other JCPoA participants regarding the next steps under the terms of the deal,” it adds, referring to the 2015 deal struck between Iran and six world powers including Britain.
Germany ‘extremely concerned’ by Iran move
Germany says it is “extremely concerned” about Iran’s announcement that it will break the limit on uranium enrichment set by the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.
The foreign ministry says in a statement that it is awaiting further information from the UN atomic watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, after Iranian officials announced Tehran is ramping up the level of uranium enrichment beyond the 3.67% permitted under the deal.
Earlier this month, Iran increased its stockpile of low-enriched uranium beyond the cap set by the deal.
The ministry called for Iran “to stop and reverse all activities inconsistent with its commitments.” It said it is in contact with remaining parties to the deal regarding the next steps to try keep Iran within its terms.
Macron says Paris won’t trigger process to re-impose Iran sanctions
French President Emmanuel Macron’s office says Paris would not seek to trigger the nuclear deal’s so-called dispute resolution mechanism, which sets off a series of negotiations that could end with reimposed UN sanctions on Iran within 65 days.
“It’s not an option at this moment,” a source in Macron’s office tells Reuters.
Macron: Iran uranium announcement ‘violation’ of 2015 deal
French President Emmanuel Macron condemns Iran’s decision to “violate” the terms of the nuclear deal by enriching uranium above limits laid out in the agreement.
An official from Macron’s party tells the Reuters news agency the French government remains committed to a July 15 deadline to resume dialogue between the parties.
Yesterday, Macron told Iranian President Hassan Rouhani of his “strong concern” over the risk of weakening the nuclear agreement during a telephone call, according to a statement from the Elysee Palace.
The diplomatic chiefs of Britain, France, Germany and the EU have also said they are “extremely concerned” by Iran’s decision to breach some of its commitments.
Netanyahu calls Iran plan to breach uranium cap ‘dangerous step’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls Iran’s announcement that it would breach the uranium enrichment cap set by an endangered nuclear deal a “very dangerous step”
“This measure is a very dangerous step, and I call on my friends, leaders of France, Britain, Germany: You signed the deal and said the moment they’d take this measure, harsh sanctions would be imposed,” Netanyahu says at the start of a cabinet meeting.
Netanyahu says that enriching uranium to such levels has only one purpose — to create atomic bombs, and calls on world powers to impose the “snapback sanctions” on Iran after it crossed the uranium threshold laid out in the faltering 2015 nuclear deal.
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