NOURNEWS- In a Twitter message, Mikhail Olyanov, Russia's representative to international organizations in Vienna, referred to the US claim to have rights under UN Security Council Resolution 2231.

"US officials claim that the United States has rights under UN Security Council Resolution 2231, but they do not say a word about the obligations of the United States (in this resolution) that come with rights, in particular, the refusal to comply with its obligations," he wrote on Twitter. Under the Comprehensive Plan, it undermines joint action. (Paragraph 2 of Resolution 2231).

Prohibitions on the sale of weapons to Iran will be lifted under the provisions of UN Security Council Resolution 2231 of 18 October 2020. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has been leading efforts to prevent the sanctions from ending in recent days, but Reuters has reported that the move is likely to fail.

In recent days, the US government has distributed resolutions to a number of members of the Security Council calling for an extension of sanctions against Iran. However, the passage of the resolution is subject to the approval of nine members of the Security Council and the non-veto by Russia and China.

The US government can only hope to win the support of France, Britain and Germany as the three European members of the UN Security Council. China and Russia, two veto-wielding members of the Security Council, are likely to oppose any attempt by the United States to extend the sanctions.

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