Iran seeks China, Russia help to stall UN sanctions ahead of nuclear talks with Europeans

Iran stated it will hold talks with Russia and China on Tuesday in an attempt to circumvent U N snapback sanctions as the deadline for a nuclear agreement looms We are in constant consultation with these two countries to prevent activation of the snapback or to mitigate its consequences Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei declared during a Monday press briefing published Iran International We have aligned positions and good relations Both China and Russia are signatories of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action JCPOA an agreement that seemingly failed to end Iran's nuclear ambitions following the U S withdrawal from the deal under the first Trump presidency in and the subsequent nuclear advances Tehran made IRAN VOWS RETALIATION IF UN ASSURANCE COUNCIL ISSUES SNAPBACK SANCTIONS ON ANNIVERSARY OF NUCLEAR DEALThe news of the impending meeting comes one week after France Germany and the U K revealed they would enforce snapback sanctions on Tehran if it fails to enter into a new nuclear agreement by the end of August What would need to be included in a new nuclear deal remains unclear and Iran has not yet renewed nuclear negotiations with the U S after Washington levied substantial strikes against its top atomic facilities last month in coordination with Israel The snapback mechanism was reserved under the JCPOA and allows any signatory of the agreement to recall stiff international sanctions on Iran to be enforced by all members of the United Nations Protection Council including Russia and China if Tehran is determined to have violated the terms of the deal Since the first Trump presidency the U S has threatened the use of snapback sanctions though Washington can no longer call for the re-implementation of the economic tool as it left the agreement a decision determined by the U N and the other JCPOA signatories IRAN FACES AUGUST DEADLINE TO ACCEPT COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR DEAL OR FACE RENEWED UN SANCTIONSBut top D C functionaries like Secretary of State Marco Rubio have continued to encourage European allies to use this tool to push Iran to cease nuclear advancement Iran is also set to hold talks with France Germany and the U K an alliance also known as the E this Friday though the window to secure a new nuclear deal is closing despite years of repeated attempts Snapback at the UNSC remains not just the Trump administration s but the international public s the bulk powerful political and diplomatic tool against the Islamic Republic of Iran s nuclear project Behnam Ben Taleblu Iranian expert and senior director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies Iran scheme reported Fox News Digital Snapback and a restoration of older tougher UNSC resolutions that contain arms export prohibitions missile testing prohibitions as well as a panel of experts to monitor sanctions compliance will genuinely magnify the political and military dividends that the U S and Israeli strikes have given he added Assurance experts have been sounding the alarm for months that it will take roughly six weeks for U N sanctions to be enforced largely due to procedural reasons and the ability to enforce snapback sanctions under JCPOA terms will expire on Oct Ben Taleblu also warned that these intense sanctions on Iran could instigate further assurance threats to the West when it comes to Tehran s nuclear scheme as it could prompt Iran to leave other major international nuclear agreements like the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons NPT