Russia has warned that there is nothing to overdramatize about Iran’s “predictable” announcement that it was enriching uranium to a higher level, while China has invited all sides involved to exercise restraint.

A senior Russian diplomat says the US' so-called maximum pressure campaign against Iran has only led to humanitarian sufferings.

Russia criticizes the “poorly calculated” US push to trigger the so-called snapback provision in the 2015 nuclear deal aimed at re-imposing all UN sanctions against Iran.