VIENNA (Sputnik) — Russia will make sure that the mechanism of anti-Iran sanctions snapback will not be automatic and will be subject to a vote in the UN Security Council, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Thursday.
"We will be very strictly observing and will ensure that a possible mechanism of sanctions renewal includes nothing that could imply automatic return of the [anti-Iran] sanctions without a respective procedure in the UN Security Council and without a vote in the Security Council," Ryabkov said.
In April, Iran and the P5+1 group worked out a political framework agreement on the Iranian nuclear program. June 30 was the initial deadline for the negotiators to reach a comprehensive deal, but it was extended for another week.
The sticking points between the negotiators are said to be the timing of sanction relief and monitoring mechanisms.