Overview

• Russia and China’s proposal to postpone the snapback for six months goes to a Security Council vote on Friday, but diplomats say it is unlikely to secure the nine votes required.
• Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi warned that Tehran’s new inspection arrangement with the IAEA will be scrapped if UN sanctions are reinstated, saying Iran would consider its practical commitments terminated.
• France, Germany and the UK have pressed Iran to grant full inspector access, resume nuclear talks immediately, and clarify the status of highly enriched uranium after recent limited offers were deemed insufficient.
• The restored measures would revive an arms embargo, global asset freezes, travel bans, and restrictions tied to enrichment and ballistic missiles, with broad effects on banking and oil; EU sanctions would follow next week.
• Speaking at the UN, Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu urged the world to prevent Iran from rebuilding nuclear capacity, while Tehran reiterated it is not seeking a bomb and US intelligence has not concluded Iran has decided to build one.