Overview

• A Russia–China resolution to defer the snapback for six months is not expected to reach the nine votes needed in the Security Council, diplomats say.
• The E3-triggered snapback is set to reinstate wide pre‑2015 UN measures targeting Iran’s oil, banking and arms sectors, taking effect this weekend under Resolution 2231.
• France, speaking for France, Germany and the UK, told Tehran it must allow full IAEA access, resume nuclear talks immediately and provide transparency on highly enriched uranium.
• Iran’s foreign minister offered access to only one bombed site and a 45‑day plan for roughly 400 kg of highly enriched uranium, then warned the IAEA inspection understanding would be scrapped if UN sanctions return.
• European and diplomatic assessments warn reimposition would deepen the rift with Tehran and could prompt reduced IAEA cooperation or even pressure to quit the NPT.