[[{"content_id":"5476","domain_id":"0","lang_id":"en","portal_id":"2","owner_id":"83","user_id":"7","view_accesslevel_id":"0","edit_accesslevel_id":"0","delete_accesslevel_id":"0","editor_id":"0","content_title":"Iran Hawk Bolton Says US Snapback \u2018Not Worth The Risk\u2019","content_number":"","content_date_event":"2020-08-17 14:27:31","content_summary":"Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has reiterated that US recourse to a dispute mechanism of the 2015 nuclear deal is baseless after Washington\u2019s withdrawal from the agreement, citing the statements of one of Washington\u2019s own former top officials.","content_summary_fill":"1","content_body":"“US recourse to Dispute Resolution Mechanism in 2231 has NO LEG TO STAND ON,” Zarif said on Twitter on Sunday, citing assertions by former US national security advisor John Bolton who has admitted that Washington’s contention holds no water.\r\n\r\n.@AmbJohnBolton has repeated today what he said on May 8, 2018, while National Security Advisor in the Trump administration.\r\n\r\nAt least he is consistent—a trait notably absent in this US administration.\r\n\r\nUS recourse to Dispute Resolution Mechanism in 2231 has NO LEG TO STAND ON. pic.twitter.com\/txNBhyOkv4\r\n\r\n— Javad Zarif (@JZarif) August 16, 2020\r\n\r\nUS President Donald Trump pledged Saturday to trigger a return of all sanctions on Iran using a provision, known as snapback, in UN Security Council Resolution 2231, a day after the UN Security Council overwhelmingly rejected an American resolution to extend an arms embargo on Iran.\r\n\r\n“Snapback” was envisioned in the event Iran was proven to be in violation of the 2015 nuclear accord. Trump pulled out of the agreement, known as the JCPOA, in 2018. But the US circulated a six-page memo Thursday from State Department lawyers, claiming that the United States remained part of the 2015 Security Council resolution that endorsed the deal and still had the right to use the snapback provision.\r\n\r\nZarif also posted two photos in his Sunday tweet showing Bolton’s remarks that the US has no right to use the snapback technique.\r\n\r\nOne of the photos showed Bolton’s remarks during a press briefing back in 2018 in which he said the US was not using the provisions of Resolution 2231, “because we’re out of the [nuclear] deal”.\r\n\r\nThe other photo was of an article by Bolton titled “Iran ‘Snapback’ Isn’t Worth the Risk” published by the Wall Street Journal on Sunday in which he referred to paragraph 11 of Security Council Resolution 2231 that provides that a “participant state” in the nuclear deal, asserting “significant non-performance of commitments” thereunder, can force a Security Council vote on snapback within 30 days.\r\n\r\nIn the article, Bolton backed the arguments made by the agreement’s supporters who say Washington, having withdrawn from the deal, has no standing to invoke its provisions.\r\n\r\n“They’re right. It’s too cute by half to say we’re in the nuclear deal for purposes we want but not for those we don’t. That alone is sufficient reason not to trigger the snapback process,” the war-mongering neocon said.\r\n\r\nBolton “has repeated today what he said on May 8, 2018, while National Security Advisor in the Trump administration,” Zarif said in his Sunday’s tweet.\r\n\r\n“At least he is consistent—a trait notably absent in this US administration,” he added.\r\n\r\nSource: Agenceis","content_html":"

\u201cUS recourse to Dispute Resolution Mechanism in 2231 has NO LEG TO STAND ON,\u201d Zarif said on Twitter on Sunday, citing assertions by former US national security advisor John Bolton who has admitted that Washington\u2019s contention holds no water.<\/p>\n\n

.@AmbJohnBolton has repeated today what he said on May 8, 2018, while National Security Advisor in the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n

At least he is consistent\u2014a trait notably absent in this US administration.<\/p>\n\n

US recourse to Dispute Resolution Mechanism in 2231 has NO LEG TO STAND ON. pic.twitter.com\/txNBhyOkv4<\/p>\n\n

\u2014 Javad Zarif (@JZarif) August 16, 2020<\/p>\n\n

US President Donald Trump pledged Saturday to trigger a return of all sanctions on Iran using a provision, known as snapback, in UN Security Council Resolution 2231, a day after the UN Security Council overwhelmingly rejected an American resolution to extend an arms embargo on Iran.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cSnapback\u201d was envisioned in the event Iran was proven to be in violation of the 2015 nuclear accord. Trump pulled out of the agreement, known as the JCPOA, in 2018. But the US circulated a six-page memo Thursday from State Department lawyers, claiming that the United States remained part of the 2015 Security Council resolution that endorsed the deal and still had the right to use the snapback provision.<\/p>\n\n

Zarif also posted two photos in his Sunday tweet showing Bolton\u2019s remarks that the US has no right to use the snapback technique.<\/p>\n\n

One of the photos showed Bolton\u2019s remarks during a press briefing back in 2018 in which he said the US was not using the provisions of Resolution 2231, \u201cbecause we\u2019re out of the [nuclear] deal\u201d.<\/p>\n\n

The other photo was of an article by Bolton titled \u201cIran \u2018Snapback\u2019 Isn\u2019t Worth the Risk\u201d published by the Wall Street Journal on Sunday in which he referred to paragraph 11 of Security Council Resolution 2231 that provides that a \u201cparticipant state\u201d in the nuclear deal, asserting \u201csignificant non-performance of commitments\u201d thereunder, can force a Security Council vote on snapback within 30 days.<\/p>\n\n

In the article, Bolton backed the arguments made by the agreement\u2019s supporters who say Washington, having withdrawn from the deal, has no standing to invoke its provisions.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cThey\u2019re right. It\u2019s too cute by half to say we\u2019re in the nuclear deal for purposes we want but not for those we don\u2019t. That alone is sufficient reason not to trigger the snapback process,\u201d the war-mongering neocon said.<\/p>\n\n

Bolton \u201chas repeated today what he said on May 8, 2018, while National Security Advisor in the Trump administration,\u201d Zarif said in his Sunday\u2019s tweet.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cAt least he is consistent\u2014a trait notably absent in this US administration,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n

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