Russia blames Trump for Iran nuclear crisis, says E3 has turned to 'diplomacy at the barrel of the gun'

Russia connected Thursday struck retired against President Donald Trump's determination to retreat the U.S. from the 2015 atomic statement with Iran and argued Washington is to blasted for Tehran’s non-compliance with the planetary treaty. 

The accusation came conscionable hours aft the U.K., France and Germany (E3) alerted the UN Security Council that they had initiated the snapback mechanics to reimpose terrible UN sanctions connected Iran wrong 30-days, pursuing its non-compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA.)

"The United States abandoned JCPOA, and since past the concern started [to] deteriorate," Dmitry Polyanskiy, Russia’s UN Ambassador, said Thursday.

"We should not confuse the existent root of the occupation that happened successful 2018," helium added successful notation to Trump’s determination to driblet the U.S. from the JCPOA implicit Iran’s alleged usurpation of the agreement. 

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Though Trump has repeatedly claimed Tehran was violating the agreement, the UN’s atomic watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) arsenic good arsenic the different signatories connected the JCPOA said determination was nary grounds that Iran had begun expanding its atomic program until 2019 – a stance it continues to hold.

"We each cognize that the measures that were taken by Iran successful presumption of uranium enrichment, they were taken successful effect to the U.S. withdrawal from JCPOA," the Russian diplomat said Thursday.  "And these measures tin easy beryllium reviewed."

Russia and China connected Thursday introduced a draught UNSC solution successful an effort to widen the timeline of the 2015 Iran atomic agreement by six months and truthful widen erstwhile sanctions tin beryllium enactment connected Tehran.

But fixed Iran’s refusal to comply erstwhile a akin hold was floated successful July by E3 negotiators, it seems improbable that the U.S., France oregon the U.K., arsenic imperishable members of the UNSC, volition hold to propulsion the enactment forward.

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The U.S. has agelong called connected the different signatories to reenforce snapback sanctions connected Iran for the violations aft it mislaid its quality to bash truthful by bowing retired of the statement successful 2018.

But contempt wide grounds that Iran has successful caller years violated the JCPOA, including by amassing up to 45 times the magnitude of enriched uranium that it is permitted to have, operating precocious centrifuges and denying the IAEA entree to its atomic sites, the Russian authoritative claimed the "move by E3 cannot and should not entail immoderate ineligible oregon procedural effect."

"It's a specified escalatory step," helium continued. "Western countries…don't attraction astir diplomacy, and they attraction lone about, blackmail and, threats, and coercion of autarkic countries."

A UK authoritative confirmed Thursday greeting that attempts to reach a diplomatic solution with Iran person been ongoing for years, including successful 2022 erstwhile a connection was agreed to by each JCPOA participants, including Russia and China, but which Iran rejected. 

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The authoritative besides said that determination had been "very aggravated diplomacy" implicit the past "12 months, 6 months, 6 weeks," but which Russia appeared to disregard connected Thursday.

"The satellite is astatine a crossroads," Polyanskiy said. "It's rather clear. One enactment is peace, diplomacy and goodwill. 

"Another enactment is…diplomacy astatine the tube of the gun…extortion and blackmail," helium added. 

The White House did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's questions.