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Russia once again rejects the re-instatement of expired UN sanctions on Iran

Russia has once again rejected the re-instatement of expired UN sanctions on Iran, following the activation of the so-called snapback mechanism by the European troika. Russia’s UN Ambassador Vasily Nebenzya said Moscow WILL NOT RECOGNIZE the snapback.

Russia does not recognize snapback of UN sanctions against Iran: Envoy

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The Russian ambassador to the United Nations says his country does not recognize the legitimacy of reimposing the world body’s sanctions on Iran via the so-called snapback mechanism.

"We do not recognize the snapback as coming into force," Vassily Nebenzia said at a press conference on Wednesday marking the start of Russia’s presidency of the UN Security Council for October.

He also censured the Western countries for initiating the illegal snapback procedure despite being themselves “serial violators” of Security Council Resolution 2231, which endorsed the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

The Western states claim to be open to diplomacy, but they “forfeited a diplomatic solution” by activating the snapback, he added.

“So we'll be leaving in two parallel realities because for some, ‘snapback’ happened. For us, it didn't. That creates a problem. How will we get out of it? Let's see.”

Nebenzia further noted that Moscow is not happy with the UN chief, who rushed to implement a legally flawed resolution regarding the reinstatement of Security Council sanctions on Iran, which had been previously terminated under the US-abandoned JCPOA.

On August 28, the UK, Germany, and France (collectively known as the E3) invoked the snapback mechanism, a 30-day process to restore all anti-Iran sanctions.

Tehran rejected the move as illegitimate, citing the US’s unilateral withdrawal from the JCPOA in 2018 and the European trio's decision to align with unlawful sanctions rather than fulfilling their JCPOA obligations.

An 11th-hour effort by Russia and China aimed at giving diplomacy more time to resolve Iran’s nuclear issue failed to win enough votes at the Security Council on September 26.

Two days later, the US and the Europeans alleged that the anti-Iran UN resolutions and the associated sanctions were re-imposed, urging all UN member states to implement the restrictive measures.

Additionally, in his remarks, the Russian envoy said the three European countries were “very close to a deal [with Iran], but then they were told [of sanctions reinstatement] by a certain former participant of the JCPOA, from whom the whole thing started. The first original sin was committed by that country in 2018... They (the Americans) told no, and the Europeans said, yes, sir.”

The Europeans demonstrated that they are only “cronies and proxies of the country (the US) that decides everything. They do not decide anything,” he pointed out.