2025-09-01 15:42
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2025-09-01 15:42
Iran, China and Russia sent a letter to the United Nations, in which they called the European attempt to impose on Iran the “Snapback” sanctions that are unjustified legally and politically destructive – he said on Monday at the post on portal X Foreign Minister Iran Abbas Aragczi.
In a letter signed in Chinese, the heads of diplomacy of three countries considered the decision of Great Britain, France and Germany (called E3) to be invalid.
“No party can erase the sequence of events: the United States was the first to violate JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action – Agreement from 2015 regarding the control of the Iranian nuclear program – PAP) and resolution 2231, and Europe then decided to get off unlawful sanctions instead of fulfilling their own obligations. These undeniable facts must be the basis of every major discussion. in the UN Security Council, “Aragczi wrote in the post.
He added that Tehran, Moscow and Beijing also confirmed the “fundamental principle of international law: rights and obligations cannot be separated.” “Countries that fail to meet their obligations cannot demand the benefit of the contract they undermined. The credibility of multilateral diplomacy depends on this logic. Not only Iran's laws are at stake, but also the integrity of international agreements themselves,” said the head of Iranian diplomacy.
Last Thursday, three European countries (JCPOA pages together with the USA, Russia, China, the EU and Iran) have launched the process of restoring sanctions to Iran, called the “Snapback” mechanism.
The process of restoring sanctions lasts 30 days. E3 states announced that during this time they will remain open to negotiations with Iran, and their representatives are ready to stop the procedure. In their opinion, the conversations with Iranians in Geneva did not bring a breakthrough and hence the decision to launch the mechanism.
“Snapback” provides, among others embargo for weapons supplies, restrictions on the development of ballistic missiles and freezing of assets. These sanctions were lifted in 2015. The US withdrew from the JCPOA agreement in 2018.
European capitals argue that Iran has been breaking the system's records for years, and want the authorities in Tehran to provide UN inspectors with full access to their nuclear program. Iran has been ensuring for years that he is only interested in the peaceful use of nuclear technologies, but at the same time enriched uranium to 60 %, i.e. several times higher than used for civil purposes. (PAP)
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