Britain, France and Germany "grossly violated the procedure for the consideration of disputed situations we have under JCPOA in particular," Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN Security Council Vasily Nebenzya said before the body voted not to permanently lift sanctions on Iran.
"Their only goal now is to use the council as a tool for their bad faith play, as a lever to exert pressure on ... a state which is trying to defend its sovereign interests," he continued.
"Here you have a very good illustration of the fact that our European colleagues do, in essence, reject diplomacy. They prefer the language of blackmail and intimidation."
