Overview

• The measures took effect at 0000 GMT, restoring a full arms embargo, bans on uranium enrichment and reprocessing, missile-related restrictions, asset freezes, and travel bans.
• The Security Council rejected a Russia–China proposal to postpone the action for six months, with four votes in favor, nine against, and two abstentions.
• Iran condemned the decision as illegitimate, recalled its ambassadors to the UK, France, and Germany, and saw the rial sink to record black-market lows.
• The IAEA confirmed inspectors are back in Iran and visiting sites, but European officials said Tehran has not provided sufficient access or an accounting of its highly enriched uranium stockpile.
• Russia and China called the snapback null and void and signaled they will not enforce it, while the E3 and the United States urged immediate implementation and warned against escalation.