Pakistan, July 18 -- Iran has firmly rejected European threats to trigger a UN sanctions "snapback" over stalled nuclear negotiations. On Friday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told European diplomats that they have "no moral or legal grounds" to reactivate sanctions under the 2015 nuclear deal. His comments followed a conference call with foreign ministers from Britain, France, and Germany, as well as EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas.

The EU trio (E3) warned that unless Iran makes real progress toward a new nuclear deal by the end of August, they would move to restore UN sanctions lifted under the original agreement. French officials said that a snapback could be triggered without further negotiations if Iran fails to commit...