UNITED NATIONS (AP) – The Biden government on Thursday rescinded the restoration of UN sanctions on Iran by former President Donald Trump, an announcement that could help Washington move closer to the 2015 nuclear deal that aims to control the nuclear program of the United Nations. Islamic Republic.
Interim US Ambassador Richard Mills sent a letter to the UN Security Council on behalf of President Joe Biden saying that the United States “withdrew” three letters from the Trump administration, culminating in its September 19 announcement that the United States United had reinstated UN sanctions in Tehran.
Mills said in the letter obtained by the Associated Press that the sanctions measures ended in the 2015 council resolution that endorsed the nuclear deal with six major powers, but restored by Trump in September, “remain closed”.
Trump withdrew the United States from the agreement, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, in 2018, accusing Iran of serious violations.
Biden said the United States wants to return to the pact and the State Department said on Thursday that the United States would accept an invitation from the European Union to attend a meeting of participants in the original agreement – Britain, France, Germany, Russia, China and Iran.
The Trump administration’s decision to invoke a clause in the 2015 council resolution allowing sanctions to be “rolled back” because Iran was in “significant non-compliance” with its obligations under the agreement was ignored by the rest of the Security Council and the world.
The overwhelming majority of board members from 15 nations considered Trump’s action illegal, because the U.S. was no longer a member of the JCPOA.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the United Nations would not support the re-imposition of sanctions on Iran, as the United States demanded, until he received the green light from the Security Council. He said there was “uncertainty” about whether former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had triggered the snapback mechanism or not.