United Nations Ambassador to Iran Amir Saeid Iravani (pictured) sharply rejected the Security Council’s decision on Friday to reactivate international sanctions on Tehran’s nuclear program. The measures, lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal, will take effect on September 27 after nine countries opposed blocking the snapback mechanism. Calling the move “hasty, unnecessary, and unlawful,” Iravani said Iran bears no obligation to comply. He accused the United States, along with the United Kingdom, France, and Germany, of fabricating claims while shielding Israel’s attacks on Iranian facilities. “This act, with no consensus, weakens the Council, undermines diplomacy, and jeopardizes the non-proliferation regime. Iran’s nuclear program will not be destroyed by bombs, halted by sanctions, or diverted from its peaceful path. The door of diplomacy is not closed — but it will be Iran, not its adversaries, who decides with whom and on what basis to engage,” he stressed.