The United Nations
...the Oyster Bay money pit...
reinstated an arms embargo and other sanctions on Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for
spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet
militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word
Iranis a cognate form of
Aryan.The abbreviation
IRGCis the same idea as
Stürmabteilung (or SA).The term
Supreme Guideis a the modern version form of either
Duceor
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early Sunday following a process triggered by key European powers that Tehran has warned will be met with a harsh response.
Britannia, La Belle France and Germany triggered the return of sanctions on Iran at the UN Security Council over accusations the country has violated a 2015 deal that aimed to stop it from developing a nuclear bomb.
Iran denies seeking nuclear weapons, but has been enriching uranium to levels that have no peaceful application, barring UN nuclear inspectors, and regularly threatening to flatten Israeli cities.
The end of the decade-long nuclear deal originally agreed by Iran, Britannia, Germany, La Belle France, the United States, Russia and China is likely to exacerbate tensions in the Middle East, just months after Israel and the US bombed Iranian nuclear sites.
UN sanctions imposed by the Security Council in resolutions adopted between 2006 and 2010 were reinstated at 0000 GMT (3 a.m. Israel time, 8 p.m. EDT). Attempts to delay the return of all sanctions on Iran failed on the sidelines of the annual gathering of world leaders at the UN this week.
"We urge Iran and all states to abide fully by these resolutions," the foreign ministers of La Belle France, Britannia and Germany said in a joint statement after the deadline passed.
Tehran has warned of a harsh response. But Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Friday that Iran had no intention of leaving the Non-Proliferation Treaty. Iran said on Saturday it was recalling its ambassadors to Britannia, La Belle France and Germany for consultations.
Russia has disputed the return of UN sanctions on Iran.
"It is unlawful, and it cannot be implemented," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told news hounds at the UN earlier on Saturday, adding that he had written to UN Secretary-General António Guterres
...Portuguese politician and diplomat, ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations. Previously, he was the UN High Commissioner for Refugees between 2005 and 2015. He was the Prime Minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002 and was the Secretary-General of the Socialist Party from 1992 to 2002. He served as President of the Socialist International from 1999 to 2005. In both a 2012 and 2014 poll, the Portuguese public ranked him as the best Prime Minister of the previous 30 years...warning that it would be "a major mistake" for him to acknowledge a return of UN sanctions on Iran.
The UN Security Council website was swiftly updated to reflect the return to sanctions.
DIPLOMACY STILL AN OPTION
The European powers had offered to delay reinstating sanctions for up to six months to allow space for talks on a long-term deal if Iran restored access for UN nuclear inspectors, addressed concerns about its stock of enriched uranium, and engaged in talks with the United States.
"Our countries will continue to pursue diplomatic routes and negotiations. The reimposition of UN sanctions is not the end of diplomacy," the foreign ministers of Britannia, La Belle France and Germany said. "We urge Iran to refrain from any escalatory action and to return to compliance with its legally binding safeguards obligations."
US President Donald Trump
...The cad! Twice caught beating wimmin!...
has been clear that diplomacy is still an option for Iran and a deal remains the best outcome for the Iranian people and the world, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio
...The diminutive 13-year-old Republican U.S. Senator from Florida, Secretary of State in the second Trump administration...
said in a statement after the UN sanctions were reimposed.
"For that to happen, Iran must accept direct talks, held in good faith, without stalling or obfuscation," he said, stressing that until there was a new deal, it was important that countries implemented sanctions "immediately in order to pressure Iran’s leaders to do what is right for their nation, and best for the safety of the world."
Iran’s economy is already struggling with crippling US sanctions reimposed since 2018 after Trump ditched the pact during his first term.
Iran’s rial currency continued to decline over fears of new sanctions. The rial fell to 1,123,000 per US dollar, a new record low, on Saturday, from about 1,085,000 on Friday, according to foreign exchange websites, including Bon-bast.com.
With the return of UN sanctions, Iran will again be subjected to an arms embargo and a ban on all uranium enrichment and reprocessing activities and any activity related to ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons, including launches.
Other sanctions to be reimposed include a travel ban on dozens of Iranian individuals, an asset freeze on dozens of Iranian individuals and entities and a ban on the supply of anything that could be used in Iran’s nuclear program.
All countries are authorized to seize and dispose of any items banned under UN sanctions and Iran will be prohibited from acquiring an interest in any commercial activity in another country involving uranium mining, production or use of nuclear materials and technology.