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Iran has criticised European nations for threatening to resuscitate international sanctions for monitoring its nuclear program.

Tehran officials alleged “political bias” on Friday and pleaded with the European countries to provide “fair proposals” to resolve the issue. They have already reaffirmed their commitment to reimposing international sanctions by the end of the month.

The complaints come inainte of a scheduled UNSC vote on a resolution that would end UN sanctions for good in the coming days.

According to diplomats, the resolution’s nine votes are unlikely to pass, and if it does, the United States, Britain, or France would veto it.

Late in August, the E3 (Great Britain, France, and Germany) began a 30-day process to impose sanctions unless Tehran fulfills their demands.

Iranian officials accuse the trio of violating the 2015 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), which enables the application of sanctions through a “snapback mechanism.”

Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh claimed that the actions taken by Europeans are “politically biased and politically motivated.” “They are wrong on many levels by trying to use the mechanism that is contained in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), “.

If Iran restored access to UN nuclear inspectors and started discussions with the US, the Europeans offered to delay the snapback for up to six months.

However, French President Emmanuel Macron stated on Thursday that sanctions are likely to be reinstated, with European officials claiming that Iran has not been actively engaged in negotiations.

Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi insisted that Iran is still committed to the NPT and that Tehran had presented a “reasonable and actionable plan” in response to Macron’s statement.

Khatibzadeh did not provide specifics, but he did say that “every option is open to the door if diplomacy fails.”

He said that if Europeans pursue this course, they will raise unpredictability as high as they can, and they are also accountable for any potential risks in the future.

Dirty work

Tehran is accused by the E3 of violating the EU, China, China, Russia, and Iran’s Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

Iran agreed to end its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief under the agreement. After then-US President Donald Trump resigned and rescinded unilateral sanctions in 2018, the agreement broke down.

Israel launched a 12-day war against Iran earlier this summer, with Israeli and US forces striking a number of nuclear facilities, which further raised the tensions.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz reacted in Tehran by saying: “This is dirty work that Israel is doing for all of us.

Iranian officials have also criticized Iran for accusing Tehran of breaking its nuclear obligations in the wake of the attacks, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

President Donald Trump’s request for the US military to return to Afghanistan and reclaim the Bagram airbase has been rejected.

Kabul is ready to engage, according to a representative from the foreign ministry, but the US will not be permitted to re-establish a military presence in the central Asian nation, according to a statement posted on social media on Friday.

Trump claimed on Thursday that his administration is pressing for “regaining” Bagram as a base. The US president noted that because of its close proximity to China, its position is crucially important. He has long expressed his desire to reclaim the facility.

Trump stated, “We’re trying to get it back.” He rebuffed the claim, noting that Bagram is “exactly one hour away from where China manufactures its nuclear missiles” and that “we gave it to the Taliban for nothing.”

Officials from the Taliban, however, refrained from putting it to use.

Without the United States having a military presence in any of Afghanistan, Zakir Jalal, a member of the foreign ministry, stated on social media that “Afghanistan and the United States need to engage with one another.”

According to him, Kabul is willing to pursue “mutual respect and shared interests” in the pursuit of political and economic ties with Washington.

During its two-decade occupation of Afghanistan, Bagram, which was located north of Kabul and housed a notorious prison, was the site of US military operations.

During the so-called “war on terror,” the United States also imprisoned thousands of people there for years without being charged with any crime or facing charges, and many of them were tortured or abused.

Following the US withdrawal and the fall of the Afghan government, the Taliban reclaimed control of the facility in 2021.

Trump has argued that Washington should have kept a small force because of the base’s proximity to China and not because of Afghanistan.

Trump’s most recent statements come as he for the first time confirmed that his administration had spoken with Taliban officials.

Amir Khan Muttaqi and Zalmay Khalilzad, the special hostage envoy of the US, met over the weekend in Kabul with Amir Khan Khalilzad, the country’s foreign minister. Apparently, discussions centered on American citizens who were detained in Afghanistan.

According to reports cited by the US media outlet CNN, US officials have been considering re-establishing a presence at Bagram since at least March.

Trump and his advisers contend that the airfield might give him access to Afghanistan’s tidy mineral resources as well as give him leverage over security.