Is Timing Key for the E3 Snapback Process?

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00:00And Jason, let's talk a little bit about October.

00:03And in October, Russia assumes the presidency of the Security Council.

00:09They are, of course, a close ally of Iran.

00:12So is the timing key here for the E3 bloc?

00:16Well, I think that's why the E3 wanted to start the process at the end of August,

00:21because next month in September, South Korea will be the president of the Security Council.

00:28And that's a more receptive power to these initiatives than Russia would be.

00:36But let's not forget that it was Russia that originally basically came up with the snapback

00:43sanctions mechanism during the Iran nuclear deal negotiations between 2013 to 2015.

00:49It was Sergei Lavrov, who was still foreign minister, who developed this concept.

00:54So the whole point of the snapback sanctions mechanism is that it is not subject to the veto

01:01of a permanent member of the Security Council.

01:04And so that is why the E3 is invoking it.

01:07And Russia, Iran, China and other powers don't have the standing legally to block the

01:14the reimposition of all these UN sanctions.