Iranian media on September 2 continued to track the snapback mechanism, with Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf reiterating an imminent "system decision" on Iran's response. President Pezeshkian's high-profile visit to China dominated, with reports of his arrival in Beijing and meeting with Xi Jinping, underscoring the "Look East" policy and China's support for Iran's peaceful nuclear energy. A significant development in the late morning was the Minister of Energy's revelation that foreign, including Chinese, contractors had left Iran, signaling tangible economic impacts of sanctions. This was compounded by new US sanctions on an Iran-Iraq oil smuggling network in the afternoon. Concurrently, discussions around Iran's nuclear posture intensified, with officials clarifying that Parliament holds the authority for NPT withdrawal, escalating potential responses to the snapback. A senior official also indicated conditional openness to US negotiations.