{"id":204954,"date":"2025-06-22T11:09:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T11:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/204954\/"},"modified":"2025-06-22T11:09:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T11:09:10","slug":"iran-warns-us-strikes-will-have-everlasting-consequences-europe-urges-calm-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/204954\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran warns US strikes will have \u2018everlasting consequences;\u2019 Europe urges calm \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, meanwhile, called for deescalation and urged Iran to return to diplomatic negotiations to address the \u201cgrave threat\u201d of its nuclear program. French Foreign Minister Jean-No\u00ebl Barrot said France \u201curges the parties to exercise restraint to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jnbarrot\/status\/1936725256233709875?s=46\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jnbarrot\/status\/1936725256233709875?s=46\" target=\"_blank\">avoid any escalation<\/a> that could lead to an expansion of the conflict\u201d and called for \u201ca negotiated solution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Araghchi accused both Israel and Washington of <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/araghchi\/status\/1936703124783112448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1936703124783112448%7Ctwgr%5Edbacaf5932461aaa257387f6219cdd2d8896caa9%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.middleeasteye.net%2Flive-blog%2Flive-blog-update%2Firans-araghchi-slams-us-and-israel-blowing-diplomatic-efforts\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/araghchi\/status\/1936703124783112448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1936703124783112448%7Ctwgr%5Edbacaf5932461aaa257387f6219cdd2d8896caa9%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.middleeasteye.net%2Flive-blog%2Flive-blog-update%2Firans-araghchi-slams-us-and-israel-blowing-diplomatic-efforts\" target=\"_blank\">deliberately sabotaging<\/a> diplomatic efforts aimed at resolving tensions over Tehran\u2019s nuclear program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast week, we were in negotiations with the U.S. when Israel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/live-blog\/live-blog-update\/irans-araghchi-slams-us-and-israel-blowing-diplomatic-efforts?nid=423834&amp;topic=Israel%2520attacks%2520Iran&amp;fid=545729\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/live-blog\/live-blog-update\/irans-araghchi-slams-us-and-israel-blowing-diplomatic-efforts?nid=423834&amp;topic=Israel%2520attacks%2520Iran&amp;fid=545729\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">decided to blow up that diplomacy<\/a>. This week, we held talks with the E3\/EU when the US decided to blow up that diplomacy,\u201d Araghchi <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/araghchi\/status\/1936703124783112448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1936703124783112448%7Ctwgr%5Edbacaf5932461aaa257387f6219cdd2d8896caa9%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.middleeasteye.net%2Flive-blog%2Flive-blog-update%2Firans-araghchi-slams-us-and-israel-blowing-diplomatic-efforts\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/araghchi\/status\/1936703124783112448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1936703124783112448%7Ctwgr%5Edbacaf5932461aaa257387f6219cdd2d8896caa9%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.middleeasteye.net%2Flive-blog%2Flive-blog-update%2Firans-araghchi-slams-us-and-israel-blowing-diplomatic-efforts\" target=\"_blank\">said on X<\/a>. \u201cWhat conclusion would you draw?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the United Nations\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/liveblog_entry\/no-increase-in-radiation-levels-after-us-attack-on-iran-un-nuclear-watchdog\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/liveblog_entry\/no-increase-in-radiation-levels-after-us-attack-on-iran-un-nuclear-watchdog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nuclear watchdog<\/a>, reported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/liveblog_entry\/iranian-fm-araghchi-says-us-strikes-blow-up-diplomatic-efforts\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/liveblog_entry\/iranian-fm-araghchi-says-us-strikes-blow-up-diplomatic-efforts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">no increase<\/a> in off-site radiation levels following the strikes.<\/p>\n<p>IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/rafaelmgrossi\/status\/1936681606728802607\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a post on X<\/a> that he was calling an emergency meeting for Monday following the U.S. strikes \u201cin light of the urgent situation in Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, meanwhile, called for deescalation and urged Iran to return to diplomatic negotiations to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":204955,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[2594,6505,473,5293,32,2000,299,5187,2348,774,807,809,23179,8041,41764,48,1772,15,49,771],"class_list":{"0":"post-204954","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-air-defense","9":"tag-benjamin-netanyahu","10":"tag-defense","11":"tag-diplomacy","12":"tag-donald-trump","13":"tag-eu","14":"tag-europe","15":"tag-european","16":"tag-history","17":"tag-iran","18":"tag-keir-starmer","19":"tag-negotiations","20":"tag-nuclear-deal","21":"tag-nuclear-weapons","22":"tag-radiation","23":"tag-rights","24":"tag-u-s-politics","25":"tag-united-kingdom","26":"tag-united-states","27":"tag-war"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114726710310858333","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}