The MoU involved the US lifting its naval blockade and easing restrictions on Iranian oil exports, in exchange for Iran maintaining commercial navigation through the Strait of Hormuz. However, within weeks, the US reinstated sanctions and launched military strikes, leading to renewed tensions.

Russia rejects unjustified attempts to escalate tensions around Iran or to use the Security Council as a venue for political score-settling with Tehran.

Iran describes a Security Council meeting convened on Iran as “another display of hypocrisy,” emphasizing that Resolution 2231 expired on October 18, 2025.

The Iranian ambassador to the US categorically dismisses US allegations regarding the drone strike against the Barakah nuclear power plant in the UAE.

Iran tells Germany that the unlawful US-Israel attacks against the Islamic Republic were not merely an unnecessary war but a blatant act of aggression against a sovereign state.

For two decades, the US used nuclear talks not to resolve any ‘dispute’ but to pressure Iran, demanding concessions, breaking promises, and turning diplomacy into a tool of coercion.

Iran’s refusal to discuss the nuclear file stems from the proven unreliability of US promises, a reality the martyred Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei often warned against.