Lavrov: Russia To Do 'Everything Possible' To Preserve Iran Nuke Deal

RFE/RL ^ | September 28, 2018 | Associated Foreign Press

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has vowed Russia will do "everything possible" to preserve the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal despite the U.S. withdrawal.

Speaking to the UN General Assembly on September 28, Lavrov denounced U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to pull the United States out of the deal that curbs Iran's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.

Lavrov called the U.S. move a violation of UN resolutions and a threat to regional stability.

Lavrov also denounced what he said were "baseless accusations" of Russian interference in foreign affairs and criticized U.S. policies in Iran, Syria, and Venezuela.

Lavrov accused unnamed forces of "endeavors to undermine democratically elected governments," in an apparent reference to U.S. and EU support for Russia's neighbors and the Syrian opposition.

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The Three Amigos

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, Russia's Vladimir Putin and Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan meet in Sochi, Russia November 22, 2017. (photo credit: SPUTNIK/MIKHAIL METZEL/KREMLIN VIA REUTERS)

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Well, of course they will. But wait -- isn't that globalism? Where's the phony critics of globalism? Y'know, the ones who always support the regimes in Iran, Damascus (such as it is) and Moscow?

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