Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi met with his counterparts from the UK, Germany, and France in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, with EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas also in attendance.
During the meeting, the two sides reviewed the recent diplomatic efforts of the past month aimed at finding solutions to the Iranian nuclear issue and preventing further escalation.
Araghchi outlined Iran’s principled positions and practical steps in recent months to dispel any doubts or pretexts surrounding its nuclear program. He described the unlawful and criminal attacks against Iran and its nuclear facilities as a dark and dangerous chapter in the history of the non-proliferation regime.
On June 13, Israel launched a blatant and unprovoked aggression against Iran, triggering a 12-day war that killed at least 1,064 people in the country, including military commanders, nuclear scientists, and ordinary civilians.
The United States also entered the war by bombing three Iranian nuclear sites in a grave violation of international law.
In response, the Iranian Armed Forces targeted strategic sites across the occupied territories as well as the Al-Udeid air base in Qatar, the largest American military base in West Asia.
On June 24, Iran, through its successful retaliatory operations against both the Israeli regime and the US, managed to impose a halt to the aggression.
Seraj said Iranians expected urgent and immediate action from international institutions responsible for maintaining international peace and security, particularly the UN Security Council, in the face of the Israeli-US aggression, but they only witnessed silence, inaction, and politicization.
Elsewhere in his remarks, Araghchi referred to Iran’s latest responsible step — reaching an understanding with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on fulfilling its safeguards obligations under current circumstances. He stressed the need for reciprocal and responsible action by the European parties.
On September 9, 2025, Iran's Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, and IAEA Director General, Rafael Grossi, signed an agreement in Cairo to resume nuclear cooperation in a new framework. The recent agreement with the IAEA marks a significant step in restoring confidence and resuming cooperation in the nuclear sector.
The agreement was signed during a three-hour meeting between Araghchi and Grossi in Cairo. Iran and the IAEA had previously held three rounds of negotiations in Vienna and Tehran in an attempt to find a practical way forward.
The UN nuclear agency chief described the new agreement as “an important step in the right direction,” but said its full contents would not be published anytime soon.
The IAEA said the new agreement offers its inspectors access to all of Iran’s nuclear facilities, including those that were bombed by Israel and the US during the June military aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The meeting between Iran and the European parties to the JCPOA also addressed the controversial and unlawful move to trigger the process of reimposing UN Security Council sanctions. Various ideas and proposals were exchanged to keep diplomacy on track, and it was agreed that consultations with all stakeholders would continue.
MNA