Overview

• The Korean-sponsored draft to keep UN measures suspended failed 4–9–2, with China and Russia among four in favor, the UK and France among nine opposed, and two abstentions including South Korea.
• Britain, France and Germany invoked the JCPOA snapback on August 28, starting a 30‑day clock under which UN sanctions automatically resume without an adopted resolution.
• European governments say reimposition could be deferred if Iran accepts fuller IAEA access and other conditions, and negotiators plan to keep talking up to the deadline.
• Iran condemned the outcome as illegal and provocative, and its Supreme National Security Council signaled it would halt cooperation with the IAEA again if UN sanctions return.
• IAEA field inspections have been curtailed since June strikes on Iranian sites, and although technical steps toward resuming verification were agreed this month, a renewed UN sanctions regime could complicate that effort.