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By REUTERS 12/13/2013
Security Council sanctions committee chair urges countries to uphold obligation to make sure Iran measures implemented.
UNITED NATIONS - The Australian chairman of the UN Security Council's Iran sanctions committee on Thursday urged the United Nations' 193 member states to continue enforcing UN sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear program.
Australia's UN Ambassador Gary Quinlan told the 15-nation Security Council that a Nov. 24 interim deal between Iran and six world powers, which offers Iran limited sanctions relief in exchange for curbs on its nuclear program, did not affect countries' legal obligations to implement UN measures.
"The Security Council measures ... remain in effect; and States have an obligation to implement them duly," Quinlan said in his latest 90-day report. "It is only by a Security Council decision that these measures can be modified or terminated, and, until then, member states are obligated to enforce them."....
Either you want the deal or you do not. But it should be clear to the UN they can not continue to do the talk talk without the right path of the walk walk.
It now looks Iran is punished for his willingness to do the talk talk and part of the walk walk on his side. The US seems to follow the same wrong path ! ( have a look below - Related: )
That is not right to say the least !
Ak Malten, Pro Peaceful Energy Use
UN panel: Sanctions against Iran must be enforced despite Geneva deal
Related:
Russia Sees Threat to Iranian Nuclear Deal Over U.S. Sanctions
15 December 2013 | Issue 5277
Reuters
VIENNA - A breakthrough agreement to end the standoff over Iran's nuclear program appeared to face its first major difficulty on Friday with Russia warning that expanding a U.S. sanctions blacklist could seriously complicate the deal's implementation.
Russia, which, along with the U.S., is among the six world powers that negotiated the Nov. 24 interim accord with Tehran, echoed Iranian criticism that it violated the spirit of the deal and could "block things."
The U.S. on Thursday blacklisted additional companies and people under existing sanctions intended to prevent Iran from obtaining the capability to make nuclear weapons. Iran denies any such aims.
Diplomats said Iran, in what appeared to be a response, interrupted technical talks in Vienna with the six nations over how to implement the agreement, under which Tehran is to curb its atomic activities in return for limited sanctions easing.
The developments highlighted potential obstacles that negotiators face in pressing ahead with efforts to resolve a decade-old dispute between the Islamic republic and the West that has stirred fears of a new Middle East war.
Western diplomats said the inconclusive outcome of the Dec. 9 to 12 expert-level discussions should not be seen as a sign that the deal hammered out nearly three weeks ago was in trouble.
But Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi told Iran's semi-official Fars news agency in reaction to the U.S. decision that it was evaluating the situation and would "react accordingly," adding, "It is against the spirit of the Geneva deal."
Russia also made its concerns clear....
Russia Sees Threat to Iranian Nuclear Deal Over U.S. Sanctions; in The Moscow Times
And Iran reacts:
Iran threatens counter measure to Senate's proposed new sanctions
By Ramin Mostaghim and Paul Richter
December 20, 2013,
TEHRAN - Iranian lawmakers Friday threatened retaliation for a Senate bill that proposes tough new sanctions on Iran if the Islamic Republic fails to cooperate in upcoming negotiations aimed at curbing its nuclear program.
Mehdi Moussavinejad, a senior member of the Iranian parliament´s energy committee, said lawmakers were considering a measure that would hike Iran´s uranium enrichment for the current top concentration of 20% to more than 60%, substantially closer to the 90% needed for nuclear weapons fuel.
¨Given the method that the other negotiating side - the U.S. in particular - has adopted during the nuclear negotiations, the legislators are working on a bill that will require the government to increase the level of uranium to over 60%,¨ Moussavinejad told the official Iranian Republic News Agency.
He said the high-grade material was needed ¨to supply fuel for our ships.¨
The lawmaker was reacting to news that 26 senators, including 13 Democrats, had signed on Thursday as co-sponsors of a new sanctions bill, despite furious lobbying from the White House. The Democrats included Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), the No. 3 Senate Democrat, and Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), who is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Obama administration officials have maintained that new sanctions could drive Iran from the negotiating table and strengthen its hard-liners who don´t want a deal with the West....
Iran threatens counter measure to Senate's proposed new sanctions
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