{"id":311188,"date":"2020-09-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-19T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/%d8%a7%d8%ae%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%b1\/irans-velayati-snapback-mechanism-piece-of-us-propaganda\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T07:52:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T04:22:23","slug":"irans-velayati-snapback-mechanism-piece-of-us-propaganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/news\/irans-velayati-snapback-mechanism-piece-of-us-propaganda\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran&#8217;s Velayati: Snapback mechanism piece of US propaganda"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>According to the AhlulBayt World Assembly News Portal: <\/strong>Washington\u2019s push to trigger the snapback mechanism of the JCPOA for re-imposing sanctions on Iran is nothing but an attempt to attract the American public attention as part of a propaganda game, Iranian official Ali Akbar Velayati said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">In an interview with Tasnim, Velayati slammed the hype over the so-called snapback mechanism of the 2015 nuclear deal as a propaganda game. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Pointing to the US administration\u2019s attempts to attract the public opinion after Donald Trump&#8217;s plummeting poll numbers, the member of the Iranian team of JCPOA observers lashed out at the US for reneging on the nuclear deal and refusing to lift the sanctions. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">\u201cA one-sided JCPOA has no validity,\u201d Velayati added. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Asked about Iran\u2019s reaction to a possible activation of the snapback mechanism, he said the US, which has already withdrawn from the deal, has no right to make any comment or trigger the mechanism. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">On the expectations that Joe Biden would win the US presidential election, Velayati said the weakest diplomacy taken by a country is to pin hopes on the fate of other states, stressing that the Iranian authorities do not care who the next US president will be. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Last month, 13 countries of the 15-member council rejected the US push to trigger the snapback provision in the 2015 nuclear deal, leaving Washington isolated on the issue. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">UNSC Resolution 2231, which enshrined the JCPOA, states that if no council member has put forward a draft resolution to extend sanctions relief on Iran within 10 days of a non-compliance complaint, then the body\u2019s president shall do so within the remaining 20 days. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">The document, however, says the Security Council would \u201ctake into account the views of the states involved.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has claimed that all UN sanctions against Iran will be reinstated on September 20 after the US \u201cactivated the snapback mechanism.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">However, the claim was strongly condemned by other signatories of the nuclear deal including the EU, Russia and China.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington\u2019s push to trigger the snapback mechanism of the JCPOA for re-imposing sanctions on Iran is nothing but an attempt to attract the American public attention as part of a propaganda game, Iranian official Ali Akbar Velayati 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