Russia blames the withdrawal of the Trump nuclear agreement for Tehran’s violations

Russia brought President Donald Trump’s decision on Thursday to withdraw the United States from the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran and argued that Washington is responsible for the non-compliance of Tehran with the international treaty.

The accusation occurred a few hours after the United Kingdom, France and Germany (E3) alerted the United Nations Security Council according to which they had initiated the Snapback mechanism to reimpose the United Nations severe sanctions against Iran within 30 days, following its non-compliance with the Complete Complete Action Plan (JCPOA.)

“The United States has abandoned JCPOA, and since then, the situation has started to deteriorate,” Dmitry Polyanskiy, deputy ambassador of the UN in Russia said on Thursday.

“We must not confuse the real source of the problem that occurred in 2018,” he added in reference to Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the JCPOA for the alleged violation of the agreement by Iran.

Dmitry Polyanskiy, first deputy permanent representative of the Russian Federation, speaks at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the maintenance of Ukraine Peace and Security at the United Nations headquarters in New York on March 26, 2025. (Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images)

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Although Trump has repeatedly said that Tehran violated the agreement, the UN nuclear guard dog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as well as the other JCPOA signatories said there was no evidence that Iran had started to extend its nuclear program until 2019 – a position they continued to hold.

“We all know that the measures taken by Iran in terms of uranium enrichment, they were taken in response to the American withdrawal from the JCPOA,” the Russian diplomat said on Thursday. “And these measures can easily be examined.”

Russia and China introduced a CSNU resolution project on Thursday in order to extend the calendar of the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement of six months and therefore to extend when the sanctions can be affected in Tehran.

But given Iran’s refusal to comply when a similar extension was launched in July by E3 negotiators, it seems unlikely that the United States, France or the United Kingdom, as permanent members of the CSNU, agree to advance the action.

A card shows damage to the Ford-Fordow nuclear site in Iran after being struck by the United States in Operation Midnight Hammer on June 22, 2025. (Fox News)

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The United States has long called on the other signatories to strengthen Snapback sanctions against Iran for violations after losing its ability to do so by withdrawing from the agreement in 2018.

But despite clear evidence that Iran has violated JCPOA in recent years, in particular by almorous up to 45 times the amount of uranium enriched that it is authorized to have, by exploiting advanced centrifuges and denying access to the AIAA to its nuclear sites, the Russian official has affirmed that “the move by E3 cannot and should lead to any legal or procedural effect”.

“It’s a simple climbing step,” he continued. “Western countries … do not care about diplomacy, and they only care about blackmail and threats and the constraint of independent countries.”

An official of the United Kingdom confirmed Thursday morning who is trying to reach a diplomatic solution with Iran has been continuing for years, especially in 2022, when a proposal was accepted by all JCPOA participants, including Russia and China, but that Iran rejected.

Chinese Foreign Minister WAG YI is held with Russian Foreign Deputy Minister, Sergey Ryabkov, on the left, and Iranian Foreign Vice Minister, Kazeem Gharibabadi, before a meeting concerning the Iranian nuclear issue at the guest house of the state of Diaoyutai in Beijing, China, March 14, 2025. (Getty Images)

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The official also said that there had been a “very intense diplomacy” in the last “12 months, 6 months, 6 weeks”, but that Russia seemed to be rejecting on Thursday.

“The world is at the crossroads,” said Polyanskiy. “It’s quite clear. An option is peace, diplomacy and good will.

“Another option is … diplomacy with the gun cannon … Extortion and blackmail,” he added.

The White House did not immediately answer questions from Fox News Digital.