Iran Says ‘Working With China and Russia’ to Stop European Sanctions

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi attends a meeting with Russia's President at the Kremlin in Moscow on June 23, 2025. (Photo by Sergei KARPUKHIN / POOL / AFP)

Iran said Thursday it was working with China and Russia to prevent the snapback of European sanctions over Tehran’s nuclear program after Britain, France, and Germany threatened to reimpose them.

“We will try to prevent it,” Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said in an interview with state TV.

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