Israel's ambassador to the UN appealed to the organization's secretary general to return to the activities of the sanctions enforcement mechanism against the Islamic Republic • "endangers stability in the Middle East"
Israel's ambassador to the UN, Gilad Ardan, addressed an official letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the end of the holiday, demanding the re-establishment of the organization's enforcement mechanism and expert panel, which is supposed to oversee the enforcement of sanctions against Iran following the snap mechanism. Beck ".
Ambassador Arden: "Iran has blatantly violated the nuclear deal and its plan to acquire nuclear weapons has been exposed and therefore in accordance with the mechanism presented at the signing of the agreement and implemented by the United States - all sanctions imposed on it and the UN Secretary General have been reinstated."
He added that "in recent years Iran has been proven to be the number one supporter of terrorism in the world and to be involved wherever there is murder and bloodshed and therefore it poses a threat to stability and security throughout the Middle East.
Meanwhile, the United States will today (Monday) impose sanctions on more than 20 individuals and organizations associated with nuclear weapons, missile and conventional armaments programs, a senior U.S. official told Reuters.
The sanctions come against the backdrop of the activation of the Snapback mechanism on Saturday, which allows any member of the Security Council to reactivate the sanctions after they expire, and this decision is automatically valid unless a majority of companies vote in favor of its repeal.
However, since the US withdrew from the nuclear deal, there is legal uncertainty as to its ability to operate the mechanism. To overcome this difficulty, the Trump administration has announced the imposition of US sanctions, which do not depend on the Security Council. , Will not be able to do business with the US.
A U.S. source has suggested that Iran may have enough fissile material to develop a nuclear bomb by the end of the year.
He also claimed that Tehran had renewed its cooperation with North Korea in the long-range missile program.
The source believes that Iran is interested in achieving capabilities and means of launch, despite the nuclear deal designed to prevent this.
The source confirmed that US President Trump will sign a presidential decree that will allow the United States to punish anyone who buys or sells conventional weapons from Iran with secondary sanctions that will block them from accessing the U.S. market.
