US Isolated, Unable to Create Consensus against Iran: Spokesman

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson pointed to the US government’s historic isolation in the world after its failed bid at the United Nations Security Council to extend an arms embargo on Iran, saying Washington has failed to create a consensus against the Islamic Republic. Speaking at a weekly press conference on Monday, Saeed […]

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson pointed to the US government’s historic isolation in the world after its failed bid at the United Nations Security Council to extend an arms embargo on Iran, saying Washington has failed to create a consensus against the Islamic Republic.

Speaking at a weekly press conference on Monday, Saeed Khatibzadeh said the US suffered a historic defeat after the UN Security Council voted against its proposed resolution on the extension of the UN arms embargo on Iran that is going to expire in October under the 2015 nuclear deal.

“It was a historic failure throughout the history of the Security Council… Do you know anyone more isolated than the United States in the history of international relations? They (Americans) cannot create consensus against Iran,” he added.

The spokesman also decried the frustrated US for the childish use of the fake term ‘snapback mechanism’, warning that Iran’s response to any violation of the JCPOA and the UNSC Resolution 2231 that endorses the agreement will be “decisive”.

Expressing Iran’s readiness to hold talks with the JCPOA parties within the framework of the nuclear deal, the spokesman said Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi will head a delegation in the next meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission.

Khatibzadeh also praised Russia and China for supporting the JCPOA and opposing the US’ unilateral policies.

While the US has suffered a humiliating defeat after rejection of its resolution on Iran arms embargo extension the UN Security Council, it is pushing to trigger the so-called snapback of the UN sanctions which had been in place against Iran prior to the nuclear deal’s inking.