MNA In reaction to recent US efforts to return UN sanctions on Iran, President's Chief of Staff Mahmoud Vaezi said that the US illegal efforts were once again failed, and the legitimacy of Iran's stance was reaffirmed. "As expected and we have already informed Iranian people, the extensive political and illegal efforts of the United States were ...

MNA China's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin called US claims on returning UN sanctions on Iran baseless. China is following Iran's nuclear issue closely, and Foreign Ministry and China's representative to the United Nations have made a clear position on this issue, said Wang Wenbin in Regular Press Conference on Monday. Recalling that ...

MNA Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs dismissed US claim of return of UN sanctions on Iran as null and void, noting that the US regime is now the biggest threat to global peace and security. The Ministry issued a statement on Sunday in reaction to US claims of returning UN sanctions as of Sep. 20. Here is the full text of the statement according ...

Tasnim Chief Josep Borrell, who is the coordinator of the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, known as the JCPOA, one more time stressed that the US is not a JCPOA participant state and cannot initiate the process of reinstating the UN sanctions. As recalled in my statement of 20 August, as well as in the Chairs statement following ...

Tasnim - Britain, France and Germany told the UN Security Council that UN sanctions relief for Iran - agreed under a 2015 nuclear deal - would continue beyond Sept. 20, when the United States asserts that all the measures should be reimposed. In a letter to the 15-member body on Friday, the three European parties to the nuclear deal, officially ...

Tasnim The UN Security Council presidents statement that the US push to restore the UN sanctions on Iran is null and void indicates that the American attempt would have legal consequences, Irans Foreign Ministry spokesperson said. In an interview with IRIB on Wednesday, Saeed Khatibzadeh hailed the UN Security Councils opposition to Washingtons ...

Reuters - The president of the U.N. Security Council, Indonesia, said on Tuesday it was not in the position to take further action on a U.S. bid to trigger a return of all U.N. sanctions on Iran because there is no consensus in the 15-member body. Thirteen council members expressed their opposition on Friday, arguing that Washingtons move is void ...

RT | Scott Ritter: In a world where American exceptionalism and unilateralism has become common currency, the brazenness of Secretary of State Pompeos bid to impose snap back inspections of Iran takes the cake. Moreover, its doomed to fail. When it comes to Iran and the Iran nuclear deal (formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action,...

Bloomberg |Nick WadhamsandDavid Wainer: The U.S. move to snap back UN nuclear sanctions on Iran involves legal arcana unlikely to be resolved quickly. Whats clear, however, is that the Trump administration took an approach certain to inflict damage on Iran and relations with Americas allies. For critics and supporters alike, the disputed U.S. effort ...

Reuters |Michelle Nichols: The United States was further isolated on Friday over its bid to reimpose international sanctions on Iran with 13 countries on the 15-member U.N. Security Council expressing their opposition, arguing that Washingtons move is void given it is using a process agreed under a nuclear deal that it quit two years ago. In the ...

The Guardian | Julian Borger: Letters from 13 of 15 members underscore US isolation as it seeks to snap back measures against Tehran The extent of US isolation at the UN has been driven home by formal letters from 13 of the 15 security council members opposing Trump administration attempts to extend the economic embargo on Iran. The letters by ...

IRNA -- The missions of South Africa, Tunisia, Niger, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Vietnam in letters to the United Nations Security Council called the US demand on snapback invocation against Iran illegal. The joint letter from the member states, which are currently non-permanent members of the Security Council, and Niger is scheduled ...

MNA Referring to the opposition of Russia, China, and the E3 to the US request to use the 'snapback' mechanism, Iranian Foreign Minister said that the US administration once again will be isolated in the world. In an Instagram post on Friday, Zarif wrote, "Last night, Pompeo allegedly activated a mechanism to resort to UN Security Council resolutions,...

Tasnim Irans Foreign Ministry spokesperson rejected the notion raised by some foreign media that a request from Washington has reinstated the UN sanctions against Tehran, saying the US will never achieve its illegitimate objective. Asked by reporters on Friday about the latest status of developments relating to the US illegal measures at the United ...

IRNA - EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell referring to the US unilateral withdrawal from Joint Comprehension Plan of Action (JCPOA), adding that the US is not a participant to the agreement, so it cannot resort to a mechanism for restoring sanctions against Iran. In a statement, Borrell said that "as I have repeatedly recalled, the US unilaterally ...

Reuters - The behaviour of the United States European allies has been disappointing with regards to a U.S. move to restore U.N. sanctions on Iran, Kelly Craft, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, told a German newspaper. This is very disappointing, German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung quoted Craft as saying in an interview. This matter is so ...

Tasnim Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, in a telephone conversation with the UN secretary-general, denounced as illegal the US push to reinstate the UN sanctions on Tehran by resorting to the snapback mechanism in the 2015 nuclear deal, already scrapped by Washington. In the telephone conversation on Thursday, UN Secretary-General ...

IRNA - Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araghchi in a message described US' anti-Iran act in the United Nations Security Council as null and void. "US notification is incapable of having legal effect. It is null and void," Araghchi wrote in his Twitter account. "None of the remaining JCPOA participants considers the notification ...

Reuters - Russia requested a United Nations Security Council meeting on Iran on Friday, diplomats said, as the United States sought to restore all U.N. sanctions on Iran in a move rejected by Moscow. Russia requested a public virtual meeting of the 15-member body with regard to todays developments, Russias U.N. mission told council diplomats in ...

Reuters - The United Kingdom, France and Germany on Thursday said they cannot support the U.S. move to restore United Nations sanctions on Iran, saying the action is incompatible with efforts to support the Iran nuclear deal. In order to preserve the agreement, we urge Iran to reverse all measures inconsistent with its nuclear commitments and return ...