MOSCOW / WASHINGTON: The Group of Seven (G7) leading industrialized economies have issued a comprehensive joint communiqué demanding that the Islamic Republic of Iran urgently re-establish complete, unrestricted cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and permit full verification access to its atomic facilities to verify the peaceful nature of its nuclear programme.
The multinational stance follows acute geopolitical frictions stemming from reciprocal military exchanges in mid-2025, after which Tehran curtailed IAEA monitoring protocols, disconnected surveillance equipment, and rescinded accreditation for international inspectors, insisting that nuclear oversight mandates fall strictly under Iran’s Supreme National Security Council.
“We strongly urge Iran to return to full compliance with its statutory international non-proliferation obligations and resume transparent cooperation with the IAEA without further hindrance,” the G7 joint statement released on Wednesday affirmed.
Reaffirming a unified diplomatic posture, the G7 nations—comprising the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan—pledged rigorous enforcement of international sanctions snapback mechanisms reinstated through relevant United Nations Security Council frameworks in late 2025.
Beyond the nuclear impasse, the G7 leaders expressed profound alarm over commercial maritime security in the Persian Gulf, demanding that Iran cease hostile disruptions to international merchant shipping traversing the vital Strait of Hormuz. The coalition backed maritime security initiatives led by the United Kingdom and France aimed at creating multinational naval patrols to safeguard commercial transit corridors.
The joint declaration further demanded that Tehran immediately halt military and logistical support to Yemen’s Ansar Allah (Houthi) movement and cease regional asymmetric actions, including reported hostile drone activity directed at international military facilities.
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