Iran threatens Berlin, London of Paris

“Of course, if Europeans continue on the path of submission to the US and if they seek to abuse this process, they should also be willing to accept the consequences, which have already been announced to”, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

The text suggests that Tehran has little faith in European confidence statements, where they were supported to take this action to preserve the nuclear agreement reached in Vienna in 2015.

Three European countries -- signatories of the Iranian nuclear agreement, France, Great Britain and Germany -- activated the mechanism for resolving disputes, envisioned in the text to convince Tehran to return to respect its commitments, the leaders of diplomacy announced in a joint communiqué.

By doing this, our three countries do not join the campaign, envisioning the exercise of maximum pressure against Iran”, they add, hinting they do not want to join the US sanctions policy.

Activating the mechanism for resolving disputes (MRD), with which Paris has been threatening for weeks, could bring about the restoration of sanctions by the UN.

“The Europeans do not want to rush over the sanctions, but to pressure Iran to save the 2015 agreement (JCPOA) involving the Iranian nuclear programme”, Paris underlined.

European diplomacy head Josep Borrell stressed last week that Iran must stick to commitments to avoid the end of the nuclear programme agreement, which it does not exclude. / A T S/