Russian envoy rejects sanctions reactivation against Iran as legally 'null'
A senior Russian diplomat has rejected reactivation of the so-called snapback mechanism by the E3 group of Britain, France and Germany against Iran, calling it “null and void.”
“Russia has all reasons to believe that snapback is null and void,” Russia's Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov, said in a post on his X account on Monday.
He said that the three European signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal – formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) -- claim that the UN sanctions snapback on Iran successfully took place, adding, however, that the relevant procedure was "gravely violated" by the E3.
France, Germany and the UK claim that #snapback successfully took place. However, the relevant procedure was gravely violated by the #E3 and therefore #Russia has all reasons to believe that snapback is null and void.
— Mikhail Ulyanov (@Amb_Ulyanov) September 28, 2025
The UN Security Council restored the bans on Sunday at 0000 GMT. They will again freeze Iranian assets abroad, halt arms deals with the Islamic Republic and target the country’s defensive missile program.
The move came nearly two days after the United States and its allies predictably vetoed a draft resolution submitted by China and Russia on delaying the so-called “snapback” mechanism inside the deal that would return the bans.
In a post on his X account on Monday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei slammed the United Nations Security Council for failing to endorse a draft resolution on the extension of Resolution 2231, which subsequently led to the reinstatement of sanctions against the country.
“The #UNSC’s failure to endorse the draft resolution on extending Resolution 2231 is a clear demonstration of a so-called 'rules-based order' where one ruler dictates (NSPM-2) and the E3 merely obey,” Baghaei said, referring to the National Security Presidential Memorandum-2 signed by US President Donald Trump in February to re-impose his so-called maximum pressure policy on Tehran.
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