After approval by the Security Council and the failed attempted Russia and China to postpone the deadline on Friday, severe measures come into force from weapon embargo to economic restrictions
The sanctions of against They will be restored this Saturday (27) after the failure of negotiations between several European countries, which require guarantees about the nuclear program, and Tehran, which considers the decision illegal. United Kingdom, France and Germany, the group of countries called E3, activated the snapback mechanism in late August, which allows the restoration of up to 30 days of suspended sanctions in 2015 following an agreement on the Iranian nuclear program.
Following the approval of the UN Security Council and the failure of Russia and China to postpone the deadline on Friday, several severe sanctions, ranging from a weapon embargo to economic measures, will be restored on Saturday night, except a last minute turnaround. Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian told New York reporters on Saturday that the United States asked his country to give up all his uranium enriched in exchange for a three -month moratorium in the sanctions.
“This is totally unacceptable,” he said before returning to Tehran. Pezeshkian had previously said that France made a similar proposal, with a monthly moratorium. “Why would we fall into such a trap and see the rope around the neck every month?” Asked the leader, accusing the United States of pressing Europeans not to give in. Iran summoned its ambassadors in France, Germany and the United Kingdom this Saturday in protest, according to state television.
UN British Ambassador Barbara Woodward said on Friday that “Iran’s nuclear climbing, detailed in more than 60 reports from AIEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) in the last six years, is a threat to peace and security.” She did not rule out the possibility that sanctions may be suspended again “in the future.” Throughout the week, high-level meetings of the UN General Assembly were multiplied in New York to try to find a diplomatic solution.
AIEA Return
The European triad E3 believes Tehran has not made “concrete gestures” to reassure the nature of its nuclear program. They established three conditions: resumption of negotiations with the access by AIEA inspectors to Natanz, Fordo and Isfahan’s nuclear facilities, bombarded in June by Israel and Washington, and a process to ensure the safety of enriched uranium reserves. Iran suspended relations with this UN agency after the 12 -day war with Israel in June, but accepted a new cooperation structure in early September.
President Pezeshkian also assured that Iran will continue to adhere to the treaty of nuclear non -proliferation. Iran considers the process of reestablishing illegal sanctions, as well as Russia and China, which proposed unsuccessfully to the UN Security Council on Friday a length of six months of the nuclear agreement with Iran, which expires on October 18. Iranian Foreign Minister Araqchi Abbas, accused Americans and Europeans of “bad faith” and promised that his country “will never give in pressure,” although he left the door open for negotiations.
*With information from AFP
