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UN Restores Sanctions on Iran After Security Council Rejects Russia–China Delay Bid

Russia and China reject the move, leaving enforcement uncertain.

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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'

Overview

  • The measures took effect at 8 p.m. EDT Saturday (0000 GMT) after Britain, France and Germany triggered the JCPOA snapback following failed last‑minute talks.
  • Restored restrictions include a global arms embargo, bans on enrichment and reprocessing, limits on ballistic‑missile‑related activity, and asset freezes and travel bans.
  • A bid by Russia and China to postpone the snapback for six months failed at the Security Council, with nine votes against, four in favor and two abstentions.
  • Tehran called the action null and void, recalled its ambassadors to the UK, France and Germany, and maintains it is not seeking nuclear weapons.
  • IAEA inspectors remain in Iran, and the rial fell to a record low as markets reacted to the return of UN penalties.