Iran continues to oppose the measures that France, the United Kingdom and Germany demand to avoid re-imposed UN sanctions regarding the country's nuclear energy research. This was announced after the foreign ministers of the three countries had a meeting with representatives from Iran on Wednesday.
The UN Security Council announced on Thursday that a formal vote will be held on Friday.
French President Emmanuel Macron said at the same time that he believes sanctions will be re-imposed.
Yes, I believe that, the latest messages from the Iranians were not seriously meant, said Macron in an interview with a French TV company.
The countries are threatening to re-impose the harsh sanctions against Iran that were in place before the nuclear energy agreement JCPOA was signed in 2015. The agreement collapsed when President Donald Trump during his first presidential term chose to leave the agreement.
After the twelve-day war with Israel in June, Iran cut ties with the UN's atomic energy organization IAEA, but has since said that cooperation will be resumed – but without providing sufficient guarantees according to the three countries.
