Iran Press/ Europe: Russia's Permanent Representative to the international organizations in Vienna condemned the US efforts to extend Iran's arms embargo.
In a tweet on Friday, Mikhail Ulyanov said: "The only legitimate way to extend embargo and other “sunset” provisions is a relevant decision of the Joint Commission on JCPOA to be made by consensus."
"The next meeting of the Joint Commission on JCPOA can be convened soon. Participating states have a lot of topics for discussion, including in the light of US threats to trigger snapback in an attempt to restore previous UN sanctions against Iran," meanwhile, he wrote in another tweet.
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US President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew his country from the international agreement on Tuesday, May 8, 2018, in violation of Washington's commitments under the JCPOA, and announced the return of nuclear sanctions.
The Trump administration has backed away from a hardline resolution on Iran that risked alienating UN Security Council allies, and will instead present a “clean” version to extend an arms embargo due to expire in October.
Despite the changes, Security Council members were still expected to reject the effort, which will aim to extend indefinitely an arms embargo on Iran due to end on October 18, when it was set to expire under the terms of a landmark nuclear deal agreed in 2015 with Tehran.
Iran's Mission to the United Nations on Aug 14, described the US proposed resolution to extend Iran's arms embargo as part of its domestic policy, calling on members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to stand firm against US illegal and malicious action.
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