The UK, France, and Germany have called on Iran not to escalate tensions and to pursue negotiations after UN sanctions were reinstated on Saturday. The three countries said they had no choice but to bring back the sweeping measures against Tehran as a last resort over its continued nuclear escalation and lack of cooperation. We urge Iran to refrain from any escalatory action, they said in a joint statement, adding: The reimposition of UN sanctions is not the end of diplomacy. Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian insisted last week that the country had no intention of developing nuclear weapons and condemned the re-imposition of international sanctions as unfair, unjust, and illegal. The UN's sweeping economic and military sanctions were reimposed on Iran at 00:00 GMT on Saturday, a decade after they were lifted in a landmark international deal over its nuclear programme. Iran stepped up banned nuclear activity after the US quit the deal in 2016. Talks between the three countries and Iran at the UN General Assembly earlier this week did not produce a deal to delay the sanctions. The ministers warned Iran about its repeated commitment breaches, indicating the necessity of the snapback procedure. They emphasized that they would continue to pursue diplomatic routes despite tensions, highlighting Tehran's refusal to cooperate with the UN nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, on certain matters. Iran's global relations seem precariously hanging as it recalls ambassadors amidst this renewed tension.