I See No Way the “Snapback Mechanism” Will Not Be Activated

Laurence Norman, reporter for the Wall Street Journal, wrote on the social network X: “Ahead of today’s (Tuesday) negotiations in Geneva, one reason for the low expectations is the current state of Iran–IAEA talks.

He added: “To highlight the gap, Iran wants a new Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement (CSA) with more limited rights for the Agency. The International Atomic Energy Agency sees this as a red line. Any future agreement will require more oversight, not less. This will not change this week. And there remains a very long way to go before inspectors are again allowed access to sites and monitoring of stockpiles. Therefore, I see no way the ‘snapback mechanism’ will not be activated.”

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