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US Statements On Iran Sanctions 'Absurd': RIA

RUSSIA

Russian state news agency RIA is reporting that the Russian gov't has called US statements regarding the potential for the re-implementation of so-called 'snapback' UN tariffs on Iran 'absurd'.

  • Overnight, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stated that he would officially submit a complaint to the UN Security Council regarding alleged Iranian breaches of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, the 'Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action' (JCPOA).
  • There is a significant risk that the action leads to a diplomatic stalemate, with Russia and China arguing that as the US withdrew as a signatory of the JCPOA in 2018 that it is no longer able to invoke any provisions of the agreement.

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