The European signatories to the 2015 Iran deal say they will keep sanctions pertaining to the Iranian ballistic missile program.

Iran’s permanent representative at the United Nations office in Vienna has called on the European governments to avoid adopting “provocative and unconstructive attitudes” to the Islamic Republic’s peaceful nuclear program and work towards the resolution of disputes.

The E3 announced the official shutdown of INSTEX, some four years after the financial channel was established by European countries.

An Iranian diplomat says the E3 seeks to distract the world from the Israeli regime’s military nuclear program, which is a source of instability in the region and a threat to peace and security.

President Raeisi says the US and the three European signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal made grave miscalculations by instigating the recent riots in Iran.

Iran’s foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said Wednesday that the conspiracy to split up the country and foment terrorism and civil war in recent months had failed.

Iran starts enriching uranium to 60% purity at its underground Fordow nuclear site.