Everything is clear, ‘snapback’ hasn’t happened: Russia’s UN diplomat

Washington’s ‘snapback’ regarding the UN Security Council’s sanctions against Iran has not taken place, says Russia’s Ambassador to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia.

“On the snapback, I think everything is clear. The snapback has not happened,” Nebenzia told reporters on Thursday in his capacity as President of the UN Security Council for the month of October.

He emphasized that the 15-member Council had discussed unequivocally the US demand to trigger the snapback against Iran, saying almost all members had expressed opposition in separate letters to the Council’s president in August.

They stated that Security Council Resolution 2231, which endorses the nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), signed between Iran and major world powers in 2015, stays intact, the Russian diplomat noted.

"So we are living in a situation of no snapback, of the full implementation of Resolution 2231. I understand that the US themselves understand it, and they simply use that situation in order to go with their own unilateral sanctions on Iran, to continue their policy of maximum pressure on that country," Nebenzia said.

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