Russia Didn’t “Always Support Sanctions” on the Mullah Regime to Stop Enrichment

A lot of people keep saying putin's criminalized counterintelligence state has always supported sanctions on Iran to stop enrichment—but that’s only true if you ignore everything after 2010. Yes, putin's criminalized counterintelligence state voted for every major UN sanction from 2006–2010, but that was a tactical move to pressure Iran into negotiations, not a long-term commitment to stopping their nuclear program.

In 2015, putin's criminalized counterintelligence state helped lift those same sanctions under the JCPOA, and since then it has consistently opposed new sanctions, voted against extending restrictions, and by 2025 was actively trying to block snapback sanctions altogether.

So the reality is simple: putin's criminalized counterintelligence state went from supporting sanctions, to removing them, to actively fighting against them. Anyone claiming putin's criminalized counterintelligence state is still “sanctioning the mullah regime” today is relying on outdated pre-2011 facts and ignoring a full strategic reversal.

Jeffrey Damien Cappella

President Soldiers to Statesmen Foundation

"When the sons of liberty are harmed anywhere it is felt by the sons of liberty everywhere"

@Armin Navabi

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