Iran will exchange nuclear monitoring for lifted sanctions, says its foreign minister

Seyyed Abbas Araghchi says European nations should engage constructively and not facilitate ‘America’s excesses’

• A message from Tehran to Britain, France and Germany

Iran is ready to form a real and lasting agreement that includes strict monitoring and limits on its domestic uranium enrichment in exchange for the lifting of sanctions, its foreign minister, Seyyed Abbas Araghchi, has said.

But, writing for the Guardian, he urges the European nations to change course and abandon their plan to snapback a wide array of UN sanctions at the end of the month.