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Source: https://www.wsj.com/opinion/iran-invites-snap-back-sanctions-9e6796b7
Iran Invites "Snap-Back" Sanctions
(Wall Street Journal) Editorial - The 12-day Iran war has changed the Middle East, and even Europe is now willing to raise the pressure on the ruling mullahs in Tehran. France, the UK and Germany wrote Wednesday to inform the UN of their readiness to snap back the international sanctions on Iran that were lifted by President Obama's 2015 nuclear deal. They'll do it by the end of the month, they say, unless Iran shows the bare minimum of interest in diplomacy. Iran hasn't bothered to reply. It has also snubbed U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff's requests for negotiations and says repeatedly that it won't give up its "right" to enrich uranium domestically - which is unnecessary for civilian energy but essential for retaining a path to a bomb. "Our enrichment is so dear to us," Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said.