TEHERAN - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday the recent claim by France, Germany and Britain, collectively known as the E3, about their determination to reinitiate nuclear negotiations with Iran lacks "goodwill and sincerity."

Baghaei made the remarks at a weekly press conference while reacting to the parts of a joint statement issued by the E3 leaders on Friday.

The European leaders described their countries' decision to trigger the "snapback" mechanism in August, which reinstated United Nations sanctions on Iran, as the "right" move. They also expressed determination to "reinitiate negotiations with Iran and the United States toward a comprehensive, durable and verifiable agreement that ensures Iran never acquires a nuclear weapon."

Baghaei said Iran believes the E3's statement "includes stereotypical propositions, of which some were irrelevant and some lacked goodwill and sincerity."

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He said the E3 claimed to favor diplomacy while they had caused the diplomatic process to reach an impasse by "abusing" the dispute resolution mechanism in the 2015 nuclear deal.

He added that to be recognized as "credible" parties in the negotiations, the E3 should prove that they could act independently and had the necessary seriousness, diplomatic capability, and decision-making power.

The E3 triggered the snapback mechanism in August, leading to the UN's reimposition of sanctions after the Security Council failed to extend sanctions relief in September. Iran termed the reimposition as "illegal and unjustified."

'Recalled ambassadors return to European capitals'

Baghaei also said that the country's ambassadors to France, Britain and Germany, who had been recalled following the reinstatement of international sanctions on Teheran, have returned to their places of mission in the European capitals.

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He made the remarks at a weekly press conference in Teheran, adding that the three envoys had been recalled to Iran for consultations.

Baghaei said the ambassadors returned to Paris, London and Berlin after attending several meetings in Teheran to review different aspects of relations between Iran and the three European states.

Iran announced the recall of its ambassadors on September 27, the day on which UN sanctions were renewed after the European trio's push to invoke the "snapback" mechanism in late August, which enables the reinstatement of UN embargoes within 30 days if Teheran breached the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.