security council and re-impose sanctions on iran washington insists it has a legal right to do this as part of the iran nuclear deal even though it pulled out of the agreement 2 years ago diplomatic editor james bays has more. it's aroud it's even pitted the u.s. against some of its closest allies it's now over 5 years since the iran nuclear deal was signed in vienna joining the negotiations the us team under the leadership of the then secretary of state john kerry devised a mechanism called snap back if iran breached its commitments all international sanctions could snap back into place but that's not the way things played out the united states will withdraw from the iran nuclear deal it was the u.s. under president trump that pulled out of the deal 2 years ago. despite this in objections from the rest of the international community the u.s. still argues it could trigger a snapback the one thing that the previous administration got right is they created provision where under u.n. security council resolution 2231. any one of the nations identified there had the right to say we want the

security council and declared so-called snap back sanctions on iran washington pulled out of the nuclear deal 2 years ago and the other signatories say it doesn't have the legal power to re-impose sanctions diplomatic editor james base reports. it's a route that even pitted the u.s. against some of its closest allies it's now over 5 years since the iran nuclear deal was signed in vienna joining the negotiations the u.s. team under the leadership of the then secretary of state john kerry devised a mechanism called snap back if iran breached its commitments all international sanctions could snap back into place but that's not the way things played out the united states will withdraw from the iran nuclear deal it was the u.s. under president trump that pulled out of the deal 2 years ago. despite this objections from the rest of the international community the u.s. still argues it could trigger snap back one thing that the previous administration got right as they created provision where under u.n. security council resolution 2231. any one of the nations identified there had the right to say

seems to be a participant to the iran nuclear deal after its withdraw 2 years ago and that washington's move to reimpose sanctions will not have legal effect the u.s. ally has explained that they are committed fully to implementing the 2015 deal endorsed by the un our unmerited is an iran analyst he says the president trump is making the nuclear sanctions on tehran an election issue. it's just a totally unreasonable american to moms no one in the no one in the u.n. vote except the dominican republic supported not 5 of us sanctions out of the un. simply because the us left the j.c. your way and most people see this is to do with american domestic. has been releasing information about. attempts to assassinate u.s. ambassadors in and in south africa he's got a habit of taking on verified intelligence and just putting out a media it seems to be that americans are looking for political cover to basically escalate something out by seizing. incoming arms traffic into iran maybe i'm straight and will move to something this is all about the election. received with it's not during elections and t

security council and declared so-called snap back sanctions on iran washington pulled out of the nuclear deal 2 years ago and the other signatories say it doesn't have the legal power to re-impose sanctions diplomatic editor james pace reports. it's a route that even pitted the u.s. against some of its closest allies it's now over 5 years.

sanctions against iran washington triggered its so-called snapback of the measures which were lifted in the 2050 nuclear deal but the european countries that signed that deal say the trumpet ministrations move has no legal basis and it has been rejected by every of a permanent member on the security council a bag with this report into iran. sanctions or no sanctions an unprecedented division at the united nations is seen as a diplomatic victory by iran iran's president seemingly mocking the recent us defeats at the security council. in the game today we can say the u.s. policy of mixed member less cool and legal pressure against the iranian nation has turned into mex member isolation for the united states. but if the u.s. stops iranian vessels to enforce sanctions this was a warning from iran got all recover if the u.s. wants to use resolution 199 to inspect raney and ships based on international laws is considered piracy and will be dealt with and the united states will be held responsible for the consequences. and it's here any response would likely be carried out the strait of hor

the standoff between the united states and some of its closest allies over nuclear sanctions on iran washington announced unilaterally that sanctions have been reimposed but that's been rejected by every other permanent member of the united nations security council tehran says that it will give a crushing response to what it calls u.s. bullying the president has done rouhani is urging washington to respect international law and he promised world powers praised the brother for standing up to u.s. pressure iran is calling on its international partners to oppose and defy the u.s. move. of course the edges of the united states are much ado about nothing and i imagine it's having its most bitter days and hours the u.s. choice was to stand on the wrong side of 3 and forget what its duties or tehran's message to washington is clear would turn to the world community return to your could minutes and stop insurgency rebellion and the world community will accept you but the u.s. isn't backing down secretary of state might pump a or threatened consequences if the un member states failing to comply with its

security council on sunday when that bridge they re imposed sanctions on iran washington claims to iran is not complying with the 2015 iran nuclear deal and says it will invoke a provision in the agreement to snap back sanctions but all the signatories say washington has no right to do that is it abandon the deal and 28 diplomatic editor james bass has more. it's aroud it's even pitted the u.s. against some of its closest allies and it's now over 5 years since the iran nuclear deal was signed in vienna joining the negotiations the us team under the leadership of the then secretary of state john kerry devised a mechanism called snap back if iran breached its commitments all international sanctions could snap back into place but that's not the way things played out the united states will withdraw from the iran nuclear deal it was the u.s. under president trump that pulled out of the deal 2 years ago. despite this in objections from the rest of the international community the u.s. still argues it could trigger a snapback the one thing that the previous administration got right is they crea

council has not taken any action that would lead to a restoration of sanctions against iran everything washington is doing is just a theater performance aimed at subordinate in the security council to pressure poor a-c. entering the organization into 2 of the united states france germany and the united kingdom noted that the u.s. ceased to be a participant to the a full in their withdrawal from the deal on the 8th of may 2018 consequently the purported notification is incapable of having legal effect we remain guided by the objective of upholding the authority and integrity of the united nations security council. well the the arabians are saying that this is tantamount to bullying from the united states but because of the power the sway the financial clout that washington has on the international markets it can get away with this however tehran is also warning that by doing so against the wishes of the u.s. as international partners it risks cutting itself off or maybe the international community must decide by itself whether to stand up to the bullying unfortunately due to the u.s. influence on

washington and they are the only ones. the fact is that the u.n. security council has not taken any action that would lead to a restoration of sanctions against iran verything washington is doing is just a theater performance aimed at subordinate in the security council to pressure paula see and turn in their organization into 2 of the united states. so pay was to run a stance on this in assistance at the moment where the iranian response is to say that the u.s. is acting like a bully essentially that the control that washington has over international financial markets means that it can flex its muscles in this way and act unilaterally but the warning coming from tehran is that by doing so washington is essentially cutting itself off from international partners or maybe not the international community must decide by itself whether to stand up to the bullying unfortunately due to the u.s. influence on financial markets they could apply pressure with financial sanctions of course those applying the sanctions say we did that even though we know they're illegal since they're powerful but it's they haven't noticed that the same principles will work for

has placed additional sanctions on iran targeting its defense industries it follows a declaration from washington that was rejected by most nations iran's u.n. representative called it a desperate move. libya's national oil corporation says it's restarting some production and exports the war $24.00 have to it imposed a blockade on oil facilities as of january but announced an end to that on friday. more rain is forecast in sudan where flooding has killed at least 120 people and damaged or destroyed 100000 homes rising inflation has put food and other basics out of the reach for many people. now a draft a bill that would amend the sri lankan constitution to give the president extra powers has been put to the parliament if passed it will allow the president go to buy rajapaksa to dissolve parliament and give him full immunity against prosecution it's set to replace a bill from 2015 that strengthened the role of parliament mel fernandez has more for us from colombo. in the building behind me the sri lankan parliament is where it's all happening at a when the justice minister. table that draft with t

sanctions against iran which were in place before the 2015 nuclear deal the move has put washington at all odds with some of its closest allies germany france and the u.k. of saying washington has no authority to reinstate united nations sanctions unilaterally and the u.n. secretary general has refused to follow up on the u.s. declaration citing legal on certainty but american secretary of state might bump aoe has threatened penalties against any country that continues to trade with around. we need she did the snap back process to restore virtually all previously terminated un sanctions if united nations member states feel to fulfill their obligations to implement these sanctions the united states is prepared to use our domestic authorities to impose consequences for those failures and ensure that iran does not read the benefits of un prohibited activity france germany and the united kingdom know that the u.s. ceased to be a participant to the a full and their withdrawal from the deal on the 8th of may 2008 consequently the purported notification is incapable of having legal effect we

sanctions against iran but world powers including washington's closest allies say the move is legally void. and in our news review of the week russian opposition figure how to explain the only says he is making progress in his recovery as moscow and berlin continue to wrangle over evidence in the alleged poisoning. watching the weekly here on our to a recap of the biggest stories from the past 7 days plus all the latest headline news thanks for joining us this hour. opposition crowds have regrouped across belarus and there's now a major protest underway in minsk anger at the alleged rigging of the presidential election and police brutality has been driving people to the streets for 6 weeks now. earlier describe the tactics the protesters have been using. what they do is they gather in little groups over the city in various districts where they live and then they could show all of that into a into a huge rally huge much ass's happening barden knowledge crowds merging together right now it's difficult to tell with the with regards to numbers for perhaps 5000 people behind me more maybe

iran despite opposition from other u.n. members a sign rouhani compared washington's treatment of iran to that of george floyd a black man who died after a police officer knelt on his neck sorry. all of us across the globe are experiencing difficult times however my nation the resilient people of iran instead of enjoying global partnership and cooperation is grappling with the harshest sanctions in history imposed in blatant and gross violation of the charter of the you ladies and gentlemen the footage broadcast to the world concerning the treatment of an african american by the us police is reminiscent of our own experience we recognize the feet kneeling on the neck as the feet of arrogance kneeling on the neck of independent nation that's. what turkey's president used part of his address to accuse greece of inflaming their standoff in the eastern mediterranean 2 countries are in dispute over drilling rights but have agreed to new talks about their contested maritime claims. because. there are countries with the understanding of winner takes it all the few tile steps to exclude our country have no chance of success we do no

did whatever washington says it seems that the plan to snap back sanctions has failed james al-jazeera at the united nations. the us decision also includes reimposing that arms embargo on iran that despite washington failing to push through an extension of that embargoed the u.n. security council in august under the nuclear deal the embargo expires in a month's time are the u.s. sanctions that could be restored include barring specific people and groups from accessing u.s. financial systems secretary of state mike says additional measures will be announced soon including how the u.s. plans to enforce sanctions it says are now back in place and i said beggars in tehran he says there are concerns about how the u.s. will implement these sanctions. well duran has always maintained that the united states is in no position to reimpose these sanctions or even trigger that snap back because they left the deal the 2015 nuclear deal in 2018 so that iran's been pretty consistent on that but there is concern here from the one about how the united states will try to impose those sanctions and one of those concerns is that the united states may stop raining ships now the foreign ministry

iran has violated the agreement nonetheless the u.s. secretary of state is threatening consequences for any other nations that don't comply with further details expected from washington on monday as a fake brings us the latest now from tehran. sanctions or no sanctions an unprecedented division at the united nations is seen as a diplomatic victory by iran iran's president seemingly mocking the recent us defeats at the security council. in the game today we can say the u.s. policy of mix member less cool and legal pressure against the iranian nation has turned into mex member isolation for the united states. but if the u.s. stops iranian vessels to enforce sanctions this was a warning from iran got all recover if the u.s. wants to use resolution 199 to inspect raney and ships based on international laws is considered piracy and will be dealt with and the united states will be held responsible for the consequences. and it's here any response would likely be carried out the strait of hormuz one of the busiest shipping routes in the world with 20 percent of the world's oil passing through u.s. warships and water mains are based in the region in an already tense environme

sanctions on iran and a unilateral move that irritated washington's allies. and in our news review of the week russian opposition figurehead an extent of only says he is making progress in his book coverage as moscow and berlin wrangle over evidence in the alleged poisoning still. you watch in the weekly here on r t a recap of the biggest stories from the past 7 days and today's news thanks for joining us. opposition crowds have regrouped across belarus and there's now a major protest underway in minsk you can see live pictures coming from the city right behind me now anger at the alleged rigging of the presidential election has been driving people to the streets for 6 weeks now. reports from the capital. well the marches are still gatherings which are the rallying in the square behind me i must say at this time last week there were many many people it's it's still early columns of demonstrators and protesters still gathering together they what they do is they gather together where they live in the different districts of the city different streets and then th

health care all big issues before the death of a supreme court justice alan fischer al-jazeera washington. iran's president says the u.s. faces certain defeat after it made a unilateral move to reimpose un sanctions against tehran washington triggered a so-called back of the measures lifted in the 2015 iran nuclear deal but the european countries that signed the agreement say the trumpet ministrations move has no legal basis and it's been rejected by every other permanent member of the un security council as a big reports from tehran. sanctions or no sanctions an unprecedented division at the united nations is seen as a diplomatic victory by iran iran's president seemingly mocking the recent us defeats at the security council. in the game today we can say the u.s. policy of mix member less cool and legal pressure against the iranian nation has turned into mex member isolation for the united states. but if the u.s. stops iranian vessels to enforce sanctions this was a warning from iran got all recover if the u.s. wants to use resolution 199 to inspect raney and ships based on international laws is

says it will remain close sanctions previously lifted on iran and a unilateral move that irritated washington's allies. is that weekly here on our 2 you welcome to our round up of the day's news along with the headlines that shape the week. russian opposition figurehead i would say the only is only path to recovery at a hospital in berlin after coming out of an induced coma last week has since revealed his intention to return to russia as soon as he's fighting fit again meanwhile the diplomatic spat between moscow and berlin over his alleged poisoning has only gotten worse on monday germany said laboratories in sweden and france had independently verified that the ball knew it was poisoned by the nerve agent of the nova choucroute the global chemical weapons wash audience also analyzing samples russia's prosecutor general has demanded that information on the case be shared but so far to no avail. with their excuses are completely contrived germany says it can't tell us anything in direct to the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons we've been to the w several times and they say.

has placed the dish and all sanctions on iran targeting its defense industries and that follows a declaration from washington that was rejected by most nations iran's u.n. representative called it a desperate move. more rain is forecast in sudan where flooding has killed at least 120 people and damaged or destroyed 100000 homes rising inflation has put you would not the basics out of reach for many. and a prominent critic of the chinese president xi jinping has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for corruption ran. into the former chairman of the state owned real estate. it draft bill that would amend the sri lankan constitution to give the president extra powers has been put before the parliament if it's passed it will allow the president go to buy rajapaksa to dissolve parliament and give him full immunity against prosecution it's set to replace a bill from 2015 that strengthen the role of the parliament live. and also serious correspondent. and how contentious is this proposed legislation. it's drawing mixed reactions peter for sure i mean essentially in the building behind me the sri lankan parliament

to say sanctions relief would stay in place this dispute is over the iran nuclear deal which washington pulled out of 2 years ago more from assad begun to. well the rain reaction has been pretty much consistent that is that the united states is in no position to reimpose these sanctions or even trigger this back mechanism because they're no longer a part of that 2015 nuclear deal that divides raef the foreign minister here was speaking last night now he reiterated that point but there does seem to be concern from the iranians about united states unilateral actions such as stopping iranian ships now iran has warned if that does happen iran will respond to the headlines protesters in thailand have continued their calls for a reform of the political system and the monarchy a place to plug in a park next to the grand palace in bangkok demonstrators are also demanding the resignation of the prime minister who took power in a coup and one disputed elections last year people been gathering outside the u.s. supreme court to honor justice ruth bader ginsburg has died at the age of 87 president d

iran's foreign minister in an interview to r.t. as well as the part that does that sunday he also touched on 2 on the effect of washington's latest sanctions on his country the new measures target iran's defense the nuclear industry they do blacklist $27.00 individuals and entities that washington claims. involved in developing nuclear weapons earlier washington said it was reimposing or un sanctions that had been in place before the iran nuclear deal well those old restrictions had had sex is of iran's economy hard like banking for example all banks including the iranian central bank were blacklisted and that makes around unable to pay for much needed medicine as many organizations refused to deal with those banks fearing u.s. sanctions washington claims it's only about stopping the development of nuclear weapons something though to iran denies it's ever been involved with in his interview on artie's worlds apart the iranian foreign minister brands it medical terrorism. certainly the sanctions and economic hardship to do notice to see imposed on iran has had a significant impact we have quite a bit of money stashed in countries abroad and

iran's president is saying the u.s. faces certain defeat after it made a unilateral move to reimpose sanctions. never to yield to american bullying claiming that washington's latest move to pressure to iran is left isolated from the international community the u.s. says the sweeping measures are a consequence of violations of the 2050 nuclear deal which donald trump withdrew from in 2018 but in a sign of rising tensions between the u.s. and the other world powers members of the u.n. security council france germany and britain argue that the u.s. doesn't have the legal authority to claim that iran has 58 at the agreement nonetheless the u.s. secretary of state might bump aoe is threatening consequences for any of the nations that don't comply with further details expected from washington on monday as a bakehouse the latest reaction now from tehran. sanctions or no sanctions an unprecedented division at the united nations is seen as a diplomatic victory by iran iran's president seemingly mocking the recent us defeats at the security council. in the game today we can say the u.s. policy of mix member less cool and legal pressure against the iranian nation has

washington says it is reimposing u.n. sanctions against iran the bug world powers including america's closest allies say the move is legal in boy. and in our news a review of the week russian opposition figurehead. says he is making progress in his recovery as. over evidence in the lead poisoning. broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is r t international recapping the week's top stories with our weekly program. now belarus has seen another day of mass unrest a 6 weeks on from the contested election thousands gathered in minsk on sunday calling on president lucas shango to resign. earlier describe the tactics used by the protesters. what they do is they gather in little groups over the city in various districts where they live and then they could show all of that into a into a huge rally huge much ass's happening barden knowledge crowds merging together right now it's difficult to tell with the with regards to numbers for perhaps 5000 people behind me more maybe joining the but the impression so far is that there are fewer pe

washington says it is reimposing u.n. sanctions against iran but world powers including america's closest allies say the move is legally void. and in our news review of the week russian opposition figurehead alexina vali says he is making progress in his recovery as moscow and wrangle over evidence in the alleged poisoning. of broadcasting live from our studios in moscow recapping the week's top stories with our weekly program this is r t international. bellerose has seen another day of mass unrest to 6 weeks on from the contested election thousands gathered in minsk on sunday calling on president look at to resign. earlier described the tactics used by protesters. what they do is they gather in little groups all over the city in various districts where they live and then they could show all of that into it into a huge rally huge much ass's happening barden knowledge crowds merging together right now it's difficult to tell with the with regards to numbers for perhaps 5000 people behind me more maybe joining the but the impression so far is that

washington says it is reimposing u.n. sanctions against iran but world powers including america's closest allies say the move is legally void. and in our news review of the week russian opposition figurehead alexina vali says he is making progress in his recovery as moscow in berlin wrangle over evidence in the alleged poisoning. are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is r.t. international i'm sean thomas good to have you with us as we recap the week's top stories with our weekly program. right now bellerose has seen another day of mass unrest 6 weeks on from the contested election thousands gathered in minsk on sunday calling on president to resign. earlier describe the tactics used by protesters. what they do is they gather in little groups over the city in various districts where they live and then they could show all of that into a into a huge rally huge much ass's happening barden knowledge crowds merging together right now it's difficult to tell with the with regards to numbers for perhaps 5000 people behind me a who

latest move to pressure to iran has left it isolated from need to national community other world powers britain france and germany have said they will not cooperate with washington and that sanctions relief for iran under the 2015 u. clear deal will remain in place. called 3rd war. we could see the u.s. lost 3 times in the span of a month but the un security council and the americans always thought that they had the upper hand at the security council for many reasons including enjoying the veto power and having traditional friends they never imagined to be defeated at the same council we saw 13 out of the council 15 member states stood up to the u.s. they supported the g.c. and rejected the united states today we can say the u.s. policy of maximum political legal pressure against their indian nation turned into maximum isolation for the united states allows about a ruse where tens of thousands of people have been marching through the capital demanding a change in power with some estimates putting the turnout above 100000 weeks of demonstrations of common ated in a mass march on sunday since the disputed election last month but president alexander lukashenko back

written to the un to say sanctions relief would remain in place this dispute is over the iran nuclear deal which washington pulled out of 2 years ago and so they have a signature say the u.s. no longer has the legal power to force through any changes in this report is from a diplomatic at a james pace it's a route that even pitted the u.s. .

sanctions against iran despite opposition from other u.n. members has compared washington's treatment of iran to that of george floyd a black man who died after a police officer knelt on his neck so to. all of us across the globe i experience in difficult times however my nation the resilient people of iran instead of enjoying global partnership and cooperation is grappling with the harshest sanctions in history imposed in blatant and gross violation of the charter of the you ladies and gentlemen the footage broadcast to the world concerning the treatment of an african american by the us police is reminiscent of our own experience we recognize the feet kneeling on the neck as the feet of arrogance kneeling on the neck of independent nation us. beggars into iran and says rouhani was keen to convey the difficulties iran is facing. he spoke about the effects of sanctions he actually acknowledged the effects of sanctions he said life under sanctions is tough but life is harder without independence and said that iran won't trade its domestic freedom for foreign intervention and i

sanctions on iran and a unilateral move that's irritating washington to say the least. and in our news review of the week russian opposition figure head says he is making progress in this recovery as moscow and berlin wrangle over evidence in the alleged poisoning. was in the weekly here on r.t. welcome to our round up of the day's news along with the headlines that shape the week just gone. opposition crowds have regrouped across belarus and there's now a massive protest underway in minsk anger at the alleged rigging of the presidential election has been driving people to the streets for 6 weeks now are reports from the capital. this is a still gathering together in this square behind me what they do is they gather in little groups over the city in various districts where they live and then they could show all of that into it into a huge rally huge much ass's happening barden knowledge crowds merging together right now it's difficult to tell with the with regards to numbers for perhaps $5000.00 people behind me more maybe joining the but the impression so far is that t

bank were blacklisted that makes iran unable to pay for much needed medicine as many organizations refused to deal with those banks fearing u.s. sanctions themselves washington claims it's only about stopping the development of nuclear weapons something to iran denies it's ever been involved with speaking at length 2 artes worlds apart the iranian foreign minister says it's the people there were left to suffer. certainly the sanctions and economic hardship that the united states imposed on iran has had this significant impact we have quite a bit of money stashed in countries abroad and those countries are prevented by the united states from even allowing us to buy medicine with our own money whatever the americans are saying about the sanctions not affecting humanitarian items is just like the united states restrictions prevent us from even transferring money to to buy vaccines so it's basically medical terrorism that the u.s. is engaged. 13 members 13 of the 15 security council members quites wrote letters to the president of the security council once on the 20th of august when the united states issued its so-called notification and once on the 20th of sept