Overview

• The Council voted 9–4 with two abstentions against a Russia–China bid to postpone the process, putting sanctions into effect at 8pm EDT Saturday (0000 GMT Sunday).
• Restored measures include a conventional arms embargo, bans on uranium enrichment and reprocessing, restrictions on ballistic‑missile‑related activity, and global asset freezes and travel bans.
• Britain, France and Germany triggered the 30‑day snapback last month and said a pause was possible only if Iran restored full IAEA access, addressed roughly 400 kg of highly enriched uranium, and re‑entered talks with the United States.
• European diplomats say Abbas Araghchi’s last‑minute proposal offered access to only one bombed site and a 45‑day plan for the HEU stockpile, which they deemed inadequate.
• Inspectors remain in Iran at least at a second undamaged site, while Tehran threatens to end practical IAEA cooperation if sanctions return and Russia calls the move “null and void,” raising enforcement questions.