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 US and EU colleagues that Russia will not let another sanctions resolution against Iran be passed," Ryabkov told reporters.
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.
