UN Security Council Opened Way To Restore Snapback Mechanism – Sanctions Against Iran

The UN Security Council rejected the draft resolution, which provided for the non -use of the Snapback mechanism and the preservation of softened sanctions against Iran.

the project was introduced by South Korea, presiding in the Council of Council in September, and suggested the extension of the regime. Pakistan and Russia) were opposed to nine countries (Denmark, France, Greece, Panama, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Somalia, Great Britain and the United States), and two – Gayan and South Korea – abstained. 2231 UN Security Council.

Snapback sanctions against Iran

Snapback mechanism, enshrined in the 2015 nuclear agreement, allows you to restore the UN sanctions if Iran violates the terms of the transaction. The launch of the “quick response mechanism” (“Snapback”), provided for by a nuclear transaction.

Foreign Minister Iran Abbas Arakchi said that the European sides did not have legal grounds for activating the mechanism, because they “violated the fundamental principles of the agreement” and “lost their role of the participant.”