The UK, France and Germany called on Iran not to escalate tensions and to instead pursue negotiations after UN sanctions were reinstated on Saturday. The United Nations’ 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 suspended IAEA inspections after Israel and the US bombed several of its nuclear sites and military bases in June. Under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Iran is legally obliged to allow inspections of its nuclear sites, and on Friday the IAEA confirmed that they had resumed. But while Iran has been in talks with the IAEA to find a way forward, it has also warned that a return of sanctions would put that in jeopardy.