MOSCOW — Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov has said that Moscow would not let another sanctions resolution against Iran be passed in the United Nations.

Last month, Iran and six world powers, including Russia and the United States, reached a deal lifting the sanctions against the Islamic Republic and ensuring the safe nature of Tehran’s nuclear program.
The UN Security Council adopted several rounds of sanctions against Iran concerning its nuclear program before endorsing the resolution 2231 on July 20, which paved the way for the lifting of the restrictions against Tehran.

“When resolution 1929, the last series of sanctions resolutions, was adopted… we made it clear behind closed doors to our U.S. and EU colleagues that Russia will not let another sanctions resolution against Iran be passed,” Ryabkov told reporters on Friday.

The UN Security Council Resolution 1929 adopted in September 2010 banned supplying conventional weapons to Iran. The UN resolution led to the suspension of the contract on the delivery of five Russian S-300 air defense systems to Tehran.

Ryabkov added that the continued hard pressure to force Iran to make concessions much greater than those outlined in the nuclear agreement would be a dead-end road.

The United Nations arms embargo against Tehran adopted in 2007 will be replaced with a new mechanism, Sergei Ryabkov said.

In late July, the UN Security Council said it would keep in place an arms embargo that includes a ban on ballistic missile technology imports after unanimously adopting a resolution endorsing a nuclear agreement to relieve sanctions against Iran.

“Strictly speaking, this is not an embargo, but a new regime. What will exist is not the embargo, but the regime that requires deliveries falling into one of seven categories of the current UN arms embargo list to receive the UN Security Council’s approval,” Ryabkov said.

The Russian diplomat added that countries not interested in maintaining military-technical cooperation with Iran could appeal this new requirement.

(Source: Sputnik)