MOSCOW: Russia has slammed the UN Security Council vote to reimpose economic sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program and warned of a risk of an “escalation of tensions.”
“The Russian side has repeatedly pointed out the provocative and illegal nature of the actions of the European countries participating in the JCPOA,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Britain, France, and Germany were among the parties to a 2015 deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, which provided Iran with relief from UN sanctions in exchange for UN-monitored restrictions on its nuclear activities.
• Russia has warned that the reimposition of sanctions against Iran risked ‘irreparable consequences.’
• Amir Saeid Iravani, Iran’s envoy to the UN, described the vote as the ‘politics of coercion.’
