Russia slams European push to reimpose UN sanctions on Iran

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Russia slams European push to reimpose UN sanctions on Iran  Russia, set to assume the UN Security Council presidency in October, has proposed extending the resolution that governs the snapback mechanism, potentially intensifying a diplomatic standoff with European powers.  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/08/29/russia-slams-european-push-to-reimpose-un-sanctions-on-iran  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00France, Germany and the United Kingdom have triggered the so-called snack-back mechanism

00:05at the United Nations, aiming to reimpose sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program.

00:12The move follows repeated strikes on Iranian atomic facilities during a recent 12-day war

00:17with Israel.

00:18Now, the world is at crossroads, it's quite clear.

00:23One option is peace, diplomacy, goodwill, normal human contact.

00:30Another option is kind of diplomacy at the barrel of the gun.

00:35Hands extortion and blackmail, all other things.

00:41The second option is clearly represented by the action that was triggered today by France,

00:48UK and Germany.

00:49We all know that they circulated a letter triggering so-called snap-back.

00:55I will not explain you this procedure in detail.

00:58I think everybody who is knowledgeable of this fact doesn't have such a necessity.

01:06But I will say that this move by European countries, in our view, has absolutely no legal bearing,

01:17because they were not implementing Resolution 2231 in good faith.

01:22The snack-back process, created under the 2015 nuclear deal, was designed to be veto-approved

01:28and is expected to take effect.

01:30If enforced, it will freeze Iranian assets, block arms sales and restrict ballistic missile

01:36development, adding new pressure to Iran's struggling economy.

01:40Once again.

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