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UN Reimposes Broad Sanctions on Iran as JCPOA Snapback Takes Effect

European powers triggered the mechanism over Iranian noncompliance, with Russia and China rejecting the move’s legitimacy.

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A domestically-built missile "Khaibar-buster," and banners showing portraits of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, center, and the late armed forces commanders, who were killed in Israeli strike in June, are displayed in a military exhibition commemorating the anniversary of the start of the 1980-88 Iraq-Iran war, and 12-day war with Israel in June, at Baharestan Square, in Tehran, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iranians drive next to a billboard displaying pictures of nuclear scientists, centrifuges and a sentence reading in Farsi 'Science is the power'
The Iranian flag flies in front of a UN building in Vienna. AP

Overview

  • The measures took effect at 0000 GMT on Sept. 28 and restore a conventional arms embargo, bans on enrichment and reprocessing, ballistic‑missile restrictions, global asset freezes, and travel bans.
  • A Russian‑Chinese bid to postpone sanctions for six months failed at the Security Council, with four votes in favor, nine against, and two abstentions.
  • Britain, France, and Germany said diplomacy remains possible if Iran restores full IAEA access, enters direct talks with the United States, and accounts for over 400 kilograms of highly enriched uranium.
  • The IAEA confirmed inspectors are currently in Iran and visiting a second undamaged site, though terms for broader verification and access remain unresolved.
  • Tehran condemned the snapback as legally void and recalled its ambassadors from the E3 capitals as the rial sank to record lows, while Russia and China said they will not enforce the UN measures.