Iran Press/Europe: Hamid Baeidinejad wrote in a tweet on Wednesday morning: "Today, the head of the Security Council, in response to the question of what action he intends to take against the US plan to return sanctions against Iran, said UNSC was "not in the position to take further action ”on a US bid to trigger a return of all UN sanctions on Iran because there is no consensus in the 15-member body. prorogation!"
In response to Russian and Chinese representatives' request announcing the security council's position on the US request for the snapback and reinforcing the sanctions against Iran, Indonesian Ambassador to the UN and the president of the UN Security Council Diane Triyansiah Dajan said on Tuesday: "The council is not in a position to take further action do it."
Thirteen council members expressed their opposition on Friday, arguing that Washington’s move is void given it is using a process agreed under a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers that it quit two years ago.
US Ambassador Kelly Craft hit back after Djani spoke.
"Let me just make it really, really clear: the Trump administration has no fear in standing in the limited company on this matter," she told the council. "I only regret that other members of this council have lost their way and now find themselves standing in the company of terrorists."
Anne Gueguen deputy permanent representative of France to the United Nations said, "We took note of the converging views expressed clearly by 13 of the 15 members of the Security Council on that matter. As a consequence, we firmly believe that no further steps can take place within the Security Council," she said during the meeting."
Russia's UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said he hoped the United States would now drop its bid to snapback Iran sanctions, "which is not only illegal but simply will not lead to achieving the result that was envisaged by the United States."
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