At a joint press conference with President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, Guterres was asked if he was confident that the efforts to save the Iran nuclear deal would be successful and what he thought about the possible intention of UN member states to reinstall UN sanctions against Iran.
"It is difficult for me to guess what member states will do, but I do not expect to have any initiatives on Security Council about sanctions in the near future," Guterres said.
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Other signatories to the JCPOA, namely the European Union, Iran and the P5+1 group of nations comprising, apart from the United States, Russia, China, France and the United Kingdom plus Germany, have criticized Trump’s decision to unilaterally pull out of the deal.