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Security Council votes against delaying reimposition of UN sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme.
Published On 26 Sep 2025
The United Nations Security Council has voted against a resolution drafted by Russia and China to delay by six months the reimposition of sanctions on Iran.
In a 4-9 vote, with two abstentions, world leaders on Friday opted to reimpose sanctions against Tehran, starting Saturday, September 27, 2025, owing to Iran’s nuclear programme.
A Russian and Chinese push before the vote to delay the return of sanctions failed.
Russia’s deputy U.N. envoy, Dmitry Polyanskiy, told the chamber that Iran had done all it could to accommodate Europeans, but that Western powers had refused to compromise.
But Jérôme Bonnafont, the permanent representative of France to the United Nations in New York, refuted that and said Iran had not taken any serious steps to avoid the renewal of sanctions.
Bonnafont added, however, that diplomacy should continue and that the reimposition of sanctions didn’t mean a negotiated settlement couldn’t be reached later.
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