UN sanctions against Iran were restored at 00:00 TMG (01:00 in Lisbon), After the failure of negotiations on the Tehran nuclear program with Western countries.
Iran threatened this Sunday with “a firm and appropriate response” to the restoration of UN sanctions related to its nuclear program after a 10 -year suspension, advising countries not to apply them.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran will resolutely defend its national rights and interests, and any action that aims to harm the interests and rights of its people will be answered firmly and appropriate,” Iranian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
UN sanctions against Iran were restored at 00:00 TMG (01:00 in Lisbon), After the failure of negotiations on the Tehran nuclear program with Western countries.
The sanctions, which may pass a weapon embargo and reach measures that affect the economy, were restored after 10 years of suspension, which they have considered “unjustifiable”appealing to all countries so that they do not apply them.
“The reactivation of revoked resolutions is legally unfounded and unjustifiable (…) all countries must refrain from recognizing this illegal situation,” Iranian diplomacy said in the statement released today.
United Kingdom, France and Germany, hated group “E3” – the three European states that have been negotiating with teer the return of inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency (AIEA) – and the United States have ensured that the restart of sanctions does not mean the end of diplomacy.
USA APPEAL THAT WILL TEERS “Accept direct discussions of good faith“
US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, advised Tehor to accept “Direct discussions, in good faith”while asked all states to apply “Immediately the sanctions to exert pressure” About Iran.
British, French and German foreign ministers guaranteed, in a joint statement, that they will continue to look for “A new diplomatic solution that ensures that Iran will never have nuclear weapons”appealing to Tehran “to abstain from any action that implies a climb” of the conflict.
The sanctions were restored following accusations that they will not cooperate with the AIEA and do not comply with the limitation commitments of the nuclear program foreseen in the agreement reached in 2015.
The agreement, which limited the Iranian program, was abandoned by the United States in 2018, and Iran accuses the “E3” of not fulfilling its part of the commitment.
UN resolutions aim to contain uranium enrichment and the Iranian missile program and authorize inspections of Islamic Airplanes and Ships, as well as the freezing of Iranian economic assets worldwide and travel prohibitions to individuals and entities. Tehran argues that these UN sanctions should be “Focused on Nuclear and Military Non-Proliferation” and not in the economy.
Tehran “has never sought or seek to” get nuclear weapons
In the intervention on Friday in the General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian reiterated that Tehran “will never seek or seek to” obtain nuclear weapons, rejecting western accusations.
Israel and the United States bombed in June the Iranian nuclear facilities, aiming to delay uranium enrichment with sufficient content to produce nuclear weapons.
The bombing campaign had its highlight on June 22, when the US Air Force and Navy attacked the three most important Iranian nuclear facilities: the Fashaw and Natanz fuel enrichment centers and the Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center.
The outcome of the attack is not consensual, with the American and Israelite governments to claim a destruction of the Iranian nuclear program, and other sources to account for only a light delay in a few months until they will have uranium to atomic bombs.
Iran is already subject to numerous US sanctions that limit the country’s ability to negotiate with other countries and especially sell oil, gas and derivatives.
