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Re-imposing sanctions on Iran in case of violations possible only by UN Security Council resolution - Russian deputy foreign minister

MOSCOW, April 13. /TASS/. Re-imposing sanctions on Iran in case of nuclear deal disruption is possible only by a UN Security Council resolution, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Monday. "Questions remain about mechanisms of re-imposing the existing sanctions and making decisions in this sphere, if for some reason the agreement is disrupted," Ryabkov said. "The possible re-imposition of sanctions is unacceptable with some automatic measures, it should be possible only by a UN Security Council resolution," he noted. "We advocated during the whole negotiations process - and will continue to do so - the impermissibility of violating international law, role and authority of the UN Security Council, practice of functioning regimes of nuclear non-proliferation and export control, as well as monitoring activities of the IAEA [International Atomic Energy Agency]," the deputy foreign minister added. Agreement on Iran’s nuclear program On April 2, Iran and P5+1 group (Russia, US, UK, China, France and Germany) reached a breakthrough agreement in Switzerland’s Lausanne on restricting Tehran’s nuclear program in exchange for gradual lifting of sanctions. The deadline for coordinating the final agreement is June 30. According to the deal, Iran will not enrich uranium no higher than to 3.67 percent for the next 15 years. Tehran will also cut its stockpile of low-enriched uranium from around 10 tons to 300 kilograms. Iran agreed not to set up new facilities for uranium enrichment in the next 15 years, and vowed not to reprocess spent nuclear fuel and conduct research in this sphere. Read more

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