Enjoy the reading people, as I said, Russians are determined to call the bluff or let the shit hit the fan in the middle east as a starter.
Read carefully (or go directly to) the last paragraph I quote below.
If any one considered the UN as a club of old men and women farting...you might reconsider your opinion
Full text of Russian Foreign Ministry attached.
On October 18, requirements set forth in UN Security Council Resolution 2231 on the Iranian missile programme and international cooperation with Tehran on this matter expired.
Russia firmly believes in the need to rigorously comply with and execute to the letter Security Council resolutions in strict keeping with the agreed parameters. Driven by momentary and opportunistic considerations, the attempts by Western countries to retrospectively rethink or to
change the provisions contained in UNSC Resolution 2231 and present this as an accomplished fact are illegal, detrimental and undermine the carefully crafted balance of interests which lies at the core of this resolution.
This is not just a matter of the United States consistently failing to abide by this resolution – on October 17, the European Union announced its decision to keep the anti-Iranian restrictions in place, which runs counter to its obligations.
In this way, the EU opted for following Washington down the slippery slope of legal nihilism.
Russia roundly condemns the bad-faith practices of the Western countries.
The Anglo-Saxons and the EU are trying in vain to justify their illegitimate actions by overhyping the alleged Iranian threat and seeking to shift the blame for the JCPOA’s failure on Tehran.
The unilateral decisions the West takes to serve its ceaseless ambitions and soothe its phobias demonstrate its inability to reach and perform any agreements, and in all cases do not entail any legal consequences for other countries which respect international law and their obligations.
As for Russia, it will continue to abide by Presidential Executive Order No 109 of March 11, 2016 titled Measures to Implement UN Security Council Resolution 2231 of July 20, 2015. Supplies to and from Iran of products which fall within the remit of the Missile Technology Control Regime are not subject to preliminary approval by the UN Security Council anymore. The list of persons contained in the annex to the resolution has become irrelevant. The European countries must recognise this and immediately renounce their policy of unilateral restrictions on Tehran.
Anything less would put the future of the JCPOA into question and may escalate the situation with the Iranian nuclear programme, with likely devastating consequences for the already tense situation in the Middle East.
