Overview

• Automatic UN measures take effect at 8:01 a.m. New York time, restoring restrictions on enrichment and missiles plus inspections, asset freezes and travel bans.
• The Council rejected a Russia‑ and China‑sponsored bid to postpone reimposition by six months, with nine votes against, four in favor and two abstentions.
• France, Germany and the United Kingdom initiated the mechanism, arguing Iran breached the 2015 nuclear limits, while Tehran and its backers call the move unlawful.
• European officials cite curtailed IAEA access and roughly 450 kilograms of 60% enriched uranium as evidence of heightened proliferation risk.
• Iranian state media said a $25 billion deal with Russia’s Rosatom to build four nuclear power plants in Sirik was signed the same day the Council took its decision.