Overview

• The Council approved the sanctions reimposition by a 9–4 vote with two abstentions, with China and Russia voting against.
• The E3 asserted that Iran’s uranium stockpile exceeded the JCPOA cap by more than 40 times, forming the basis for activating snapback.
• Tehran condemned the decision as precipitated and illegal, and Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani said Iran does not recognize an obligation to comply.
• Iran presented what it called a creative and balanced proposal to European powers before a September 27 window for talks and warned it could leave the NPT if pressure grows.
• U.S. interim ambassador Dorothy Shea said the sanctions could be suspended again if diplomatic progress occurs, while Israel welcomed the vote and urged preventing an Iranian nuclear weapon.