Overview

• The Security Council failed to adopt a text to continue sanctions relief, leaving pre-2015 UN measures set to return unless the process is reversed by Sept. 28.
• Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi says he will meet European counterparts and IAEA chief Rafael Grossi in New York, after Iran denied reports of a planned Vienna meeting.
• France, Germany and the UK triggered the JCPOA snapback on Aug. 28 and have offered a delay of up to six months if Iran restores full IAEA access, addresses its enriched-uranium stockpile, and resumes talks with the United States.
• Grossi described diplomacy as being at a “difficult juncture” but said communications continue and meetings are planned this week on the UNGA sidelines.
• Iran’s parliament has restricted automatic inspector access, and its top security body has signaled curtailed cooperation with the IAEA, complicating rapid verification sought by the Europeans.