UN sanctions on Iran set to return Saturday after Security Council votes down delay bid

Western powers’ decision to restore sanctions is expected to heighten tensions with Tehran, which has threatened a harsh response and warned of escalation. The Russian and Chinese attempt to postpone the measures collapsed at the 15-member...

UNSC rejects Russian-Chinese resolution to delay sanctions on Iran

Published on 27/09/2025 - 8:16 GMT+2 The UN Security Council rejected a last-ditch Chinese and Russian effort to delay reimposing sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian called the decision “unfair, unjust...

UNSC Rejects Russia, China Bid to Delay Iran Sanctions

AP file photo United Nations- The UN Security Council has rejected another last-ditch effort to delay the reimposition of sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program a day before the deadline and after Western countries claimed that weeks of...

UN Security Council Rejects China-Russia Bid to Delay Sanctions on Iran

The UN Security Council rejected a China-Russia proposal to delay sanctions on Iran, citing Tehran’s repeated violations, with sanctions on assets, arms, and missiles reinstated Saturday. The United Nations Security Council has rejected a draft...

UN Sanctions Against Iran Set to Return This Weekend

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 24 (Reuters) – The United Nations is preparing to reimpose wide-ranging economic and military sanctions on Iran, set to take effect at midnight GMT on Sunday. This decision comes after the E3 countries, Britain, France, and...

China, Iran, Pakistan and Russia reaffirm support for stable Afghanistan

NEW YORK – The foreign ministers of China, Iran, Pakistan, and Russia issued a joint communiqué following their fourth quadrilateral meeting on Afghanistan. According to China’s Foreign Ministry, the meeting was held yesterday on Russia’s...

Pakistan, China, Russia and Iran urge Taliban govt to rein in terror groups in Afghanistan

Four nations voice alarm over Afghan terror networks. They urge Kabul to act against militant outfits. Call for Afghan soil not used against neighbours. Pakistan, China, Iran and Russia have jointly expressed deep concern over the presence of...

Four Power Plants For $25 Billion: Iran Reveals Details Of Nuclear Deal With Russia

Click to see full-size image. (Rosatom) Iran’s state TV on September 26 revealed that the memorandum of understanding and cooperation signed recently with Russia’s nuclear cooperation, Rosatom, concerns the construction of at least four nuclear...

Pakistan, China, Iran, Russia Unite Against Afghan Terror Threats

Published on: September 27, 2025 2:00 PM Pakistan, China, Iran and Russia have jointly voiced alarm over the growing threat of terrorist organisations operating from Afghan soil, urging Kabul to take decisive measures against them. The rare...

Iran faces reintroduction of nuclear sanctions

Deep sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme look set to go into force once again, even as a UN watchdog confirmed inspections of its atomic sites had resumed. Russia failed in an effort with China yesterday to delay the reimposition of the...

United Nations Security Council Rejects Russia-China Resolution to Delay Iran

Sanctions, Sparking Diplomatic Tensions On Friday, September 26, 2025, the United Nations Security Council became the stage for a heated diplomatic clash as a draft resolution proposed by Russia and China to delay the re-imposition of sanctions on...

UN Sanctions On Iran Set To Return As Nuclear Diplomacy Fades

Iran is set to come under sweeping UN sanctions late Saturday for the first time in a decade, barring an unexpected last-minute breakthrough, after nuclear talks with the West floundered. The UN nuclear watchdog on Friday said that inspectors had...

UN Security Council To Reinstate Iran Sanctions; Tehran Issues Sharp Warning

Home China UN Security Council To Reinstate Iran Sanctions; Tehran Issues Sharp Warning The Russian and Chinese push to delay the return of sanctions on Iran failed at the 15-member UN Security Council after only four countries supported their...

United States, United Kingdom, France veto United Nations Security Council resolution to delay 'snapback' sanctions on Iran

On Friday, September 26, 2025, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) decisively vetoed a draft resolution proposed by Russia and China to extend the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), commonly known as the Iran nuclear deal,...

'Snapback': What Sanctions Will Be Reimposed On Iran?

A raft of UN sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, lifted under a landmark 2015 deal, will go back into force at the end of Saturday -- barring a diplomatic breakthrough, thought to be unlikely. The sanctions will be reimposed because the...

UN member states are required to restrict access to banking and financial facilities that could help Iran's nuclear program

Tehran, Moscow sign $25bn deal to build nuclear plants in Iran

Published on: September 27, 2025 8:03 AM Iran and Russia signed a $25 billion deal to build nuclear power plants in the Islamic republic, Iranian state media reported Friday, just hours ahead of the likely return of sweeping UN sanctions on Iran....

Iran fails to avoid 'unfair, unjust and illegal' UN sanctions

The UN Security Council has rejected another last-ditch effort to delay the reimposition of sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program. The decision on Friday came a day before the deadline and after Western countries claimed that weeks of...

India's Chairship, UNSC reform, anti-terrorism stand, trade concerns take centre stage at BRICS FM meet at UNGA

India's upcoming BRICS Chairship in 2026, a firm stand against terrorism, a renewed call for UN Security Council (UNSC) reforms, and alarm over trade-restrictive measures dominated discussions at the BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs meeting held...

World AFP UN sanctions on Iran set to return as nuclear diplomacy fades

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Saturday slammed as "unacceptable" what he described as US demands that Tehran hand over its enriched uranium, as sweeping UN sanctions loomed after nuclear talks collapsed. Earlier this month, the UN nuclear...