UN, December 19. /TASS/. Russia and Iran have not supplied each other in violation of UN Security Council Resolution 2231 on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on the Iranian nuclear program, as claimed by Western countries, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya said.

"There were and could not be any deliveries in circumvention of the requirements of Security Council Resolution 2231. No credible evidence to the contrary was provided, nor was there any evidence that the debris presented by the Americans and the British was collected in Ukraine," he said.

At the same time, the diplomat added that Iran's return to compliance with the provisions of the JCPOA on its nuclear program is possible only with the appropriate steps from Western countries. "We must not forget that Iran's return to carrying out its suspended voluntary responsibilities to limit its nuclear energy program will need coordinated moves by the Western parties in the deal and the United States, whose activities have contributed to the current predicament," Nebenzya said.

He added that Russia believes there is no alternative to the JCPOA and believes that restarting the deal is necessary for international security.

The five permanent members of the UN Security Council, as well as Germany, signed the JCPOA with Iran in 2015, with the goal of resolving the situation around Tehran's nuclear developments. Former US President Donald Trump opted to withdraw from this pact in 2018. Joe Biden, the current president of the United States, has often stated his willingness to return Washington to the nuclear accord. However, talks to fully restore the JCPOA fell through. In a confidential meeting with Democratic voters last November, Biden said that the Iran nuclear deal was virtually dead, although Washington, he said, had no intention of publicly stating that view. The video recording of this meeting was later made public.