Joint statement comes more than a month after the E3 countries triggered a mechanism reinstating UN sanctions against Iran.The United Kingdom, France and Germany have said they wish to restart stalled nuclear talks with Iran and the United States, more than a month after the three European countries triggered a mechanism reinstating the United Nations sanctions on Iran for the first time in a decade.The E3 countries’ joint statement on Friday came nearly two weeks after UN sanctions were reimposed on Iran, under a “snapback” process that the three nations had initiated on August 28 and that became effective one month later.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listIn response, Iran recalled its envoys to the three European countries for consultations.Iran has said that, following those revived sanctions, it would not immediately resume nuclear talks.The sanctions set up a global ban on cooperation with Iran on nuclear, military, banking and shipping industries.The sanctions are aimed at imposing new economic pain to pressure Iran, but it remains to be seen if all countries will enforce them. On September 27, the day before the sanctions came into effect, Iran’s national currency, the rial, fell to new all-time lows.In their joint statement, the UK, France and Germany said: “We are determined to reinitiate negotiations with Iran and the United States towards a comprehensive, durable and verifiable agreement that ensures Iran never acquires a nuclear weapon.”A spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Esmaeil Baghaei, said on Monday that “we have no plans for negotiations at this stage”.He added that Iran was examining the “consequences and implications” of the r …
