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2020-08-22 17:58
Russia: U.S. claims to trigger snapback go against ‘elementary common sense’
TEHRAN - Russia’s permanent representative to the Vienna-based international organizations said on Saturday that the United States’ move to trigger snapback mechanism and return the UN sanctions on Iran go against “elementary common sense” as the U.S. is no longer a party to the JCPOA, the official name for the 2015 nuclear agreement.
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2020-08-22 00:04
By Mohammad Mazhari
U.S. policies towards Iran must be understood in terms of Israeli lobby: ex- Senate candidate
“The Europeans are increasingly disenchanted with Washington's Zionist war drum beating”
TEHRAN - Mark Dankof, a former U.S. Senate candidate, says Washington’s policies towards Iran must be understood in terms of the Israeli lobby stranglehold on American presidential administrations.
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2020-08-22 00:00
Nation of Imam Hussein (AS) stand united to confront U.S. oppression
TEHRAN - As the U.S. requested a return of all UN sanctions on Iran, the Iranian people made preparations for commemorating the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (AS), the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) who was martyred in the Battle of Karbala on October 10, 680 (Muharram 10, 61 AH).
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2020-08-21 23:55
U.S. may blackmail JCPOA parties into overlooking snapback of UN sanctions
TEHRAN- The U.S. push to force a return of international sanctions on Iran was met with strong opposition from the international community, a move that could prompt the U.S. to use blackmail against parties to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
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2020-08-21 18:32
U.S. illegal demand will never be realized, Iran says
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Friday that the United States will never realize its “illegal demand” from the UN Security Council to activate the snapback mechanism.
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2020-08-21 18:27
Ex-diplomats: Trump isolating U.S. not Iran
TEHRAN - Gerard Araud, a former French ambassador to the United States, has said that the Western allies of Washington have rejected legitimacy of snapback mechanism which says a lot about the international status of the U.S.
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2020-08-21 17:00
China: U.S. is ineligible to invoke snapback mechanism
TEHRAN – The Chinese mission to the United Nations said in a tweet on Friday that the United States is not a participant to the 2015 nuclear deal and therefore it is “ineligible” to invoke the snapback mechanism to return all the UN sanctions on Iran.
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2020-08-21 15:52
By staff and agency
U.S. not a participant to nuclear deal and cannot trigger snapback: EU’s Borrell
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has said that the United States cannot be considered to be a participant to the 2015 nuclear deal and cannot trigger the snapback mechanism to restore UN sanctions on Iran.
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2020-08-21 01:17
E3 opposes U.S. move to reimpose Iran sanctions
In a joint statement on Thursday the foreign ministers of France, Germany and the United Kingdom, whose countries are signatory to the 2015 nuclear deal (JCPO), issued a joint statement saying they cannot support the United States’ action in triggering the snapback mechanism to return all the UN sanctions on Iran.
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2020-08-20 00:19
E3 faces dilemma over snapback of UN sanctions on Iran
TEHRAN - As the U.S. push to reinstate all UN sanctions on Iran reaches a critical point, analysts tell the Tehran Times that the U.S. move to snap back UN sanctions on Iran will likely face strong opposition from the international community.
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2020-08-19 18:52
President says ‘tyrannical White House’ and ‘cruel’ sanctions are not permanent
Rouhani: Country being run by non-oil export
TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that the Iranian economy is being managed by non-oil exports, which he said is “unprecedented” in the past several decades.
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2020-08-19 17:40
Takht-Ravanchi says U.S. complaint against Iran will fail
TEHRAN - Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, has said that the United States’ move to file a complaint against Iran at the UN Security Council will fail, calling it a “defeated policy”.
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2020-08-18 23:31
How Iran will respond to snapback sanctions
TEHRAN - As the U.S. moves forward with its plan to snap back all UN sanctions on Iran, the world holds its breath to see how Iran would respond to a potential return of UN restrictions.
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2020-08-17 23:12
UNSC will oppose snapback mechanism: Fitzpatrick
TEHRAN - Mark Fitzpatrick, an associate fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies IISS, has said that the UN Security Council members will oppose triggering snapback mechanism which returns United Nations sanctions on Iran.
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2020-08-17 23:10
U.S. faces uphill battle to trigger snapback sanctions
TEHRAN -In a bid to ensure that the UN arms embargo on Iran is not expired, the U.S. plans to trigger a return of all UN sanctions on Iran, a highly controversial move that could create a bitter row among the permanent members of the UN Security Council over the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers.
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2020-08-17 12:35
Zarif: U.S. recourse to snapback mechanism has ‘no leg to stand on’
TEHRAN — The United States’ recourse to the dispute resolution mechanism under resolution 2231 has “no leg to stand on,” Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted on Sunday.
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2020-08-17 00:16
EU says Washington cannot trigger snapback mechanism
TEHRAN – The European Union announced on Sunday that the U.S. is not entitled to force the reimposition of international sanctions on Iran through the snapback mechanism envisioned in the 2015 nuclear deal.
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2020-08-16 18:10
Washington can’t trigger snapback mechanism, says Iranian deputy FM for legal affairs
TEHRAN – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for International and Legal Affairs Mohsen Baharvand has said that Washington cannot trigger snapback mechanism and return United Nations sanctions on Iran.
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2020-08-16 16:12
U.S. is aware it cannot trigger snapback mechanism: Zarif
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Sunday that the United States is aware that it cannot trigger the snapback mechanism which returns international sanctions against Iran at the United Nations.
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2020-08-15 22:48
Saeed K. Mavadat
UNSC rejects U.S. resolution amid Iranian glee and concern
TEHRAN - The UN Security Council on Friday rejected a U.S.-drafted resolution to extend an arms embargo on Iran as most members abstained from voting.
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2020-08-12 18:52
Zarif: U.S. not in position to trigger UN sanctions snapback
TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday that the United States is not in a position to trigger the snapback mechanism which returns all the UN sanctions on Iran.
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2020-06-30 18:25
E3 believes U.S. has no legal right to trigger UN sanctions snapback: Iran’s diplomat
TEHRAN – Iran’s Ambassador to London Hamid Baeidinejad has said that France, Germany and the United Kingdom, known as E3, believe that the United States has no legal right to trigger a so-called snapback of all UN sanctions on Iran.
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2020-05-16 17:35
A U.S. decision to invoke snapback provision would be a strategic error: CSIS deputy chief
TEHRAN - Eric Brewer, deputy director at the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), has said that a decision by Washington to invoke the snapback provision would be a strategic error and will undermine credibility of the United States.
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2020-05-06 13:57
By M.A. Saki
U.S. cannot invoke snapback mechanism after JCPOA withdrawal: international law expert
TEHRAN – Seyed Yaser Ziaee, an associate professor of international law from the University of Qom, says it is not possible for the United States to invoke snapback sanctions against Iran based on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which it abandoned in May 2018.
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2020-04-29 22:41
By Javad Heirannia
JCPOA parties unlikely to accept U.S. argument to extend arms embargo on Iran: ex-CIA official
TEHRAN – Professor Paul Pillar, who was CIA intelligence analyst for 28 years, says the Trump administration is arguing that it is still a party to the JCPOA even though it has grossly violated its obligations under the agreement.
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2020-01-31 14:49
By Javad Heirannia
Europe’s Goals To Activate Snapback Mechanism: Buy Time Or Take Case To Security Council?
Britain, Germany and France recently issued a statement in Brussels on trigger mechanism what is known as the “snap-back” mechanism.
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2019-12-21 09:47
*By Mohammad Ghaderi
Snapback mechanism: U.S.-French threadbare scenario against Iran
The dispute resolution mechanism stated in paragraphs 36 and 37 of the JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) is referred to as the “snapback mechanism”.