{"id":1185,"date":"2025-09-26T11:00:38","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T11:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brhrd.be\/?p=1185"},"modified":"2025-10-18T10:13:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T10:13:30","slug":"un-security-council-blocks-china-russia-resolution-on-iran-sanctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brhrd.be\/?p=1185","title":{"rendered":"UN Security Council Blocks China-Russia Resolution on Iran Sanctions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> 26 September 2025<br><strong>Category:<\/strong> Peace and Security<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>What happened:<\/strong><br>A draft resolution by <strong>China and Russia<\/strong> to extend sanctions relief for Iran under the 2015 nuclear deal (JCPOA) failed in the UN Security Council.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Voting results:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>4 in favor<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>9 against<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2 abstentions<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>What the draft sought:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Extend JCPOA and UN resolution 2231 (2015) by six months (until April 2026).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Encourage engagement between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Outcome:<\/strong><br>The failure triggers the <strong>\u201csnapback mechanism\u201d<\/strong> \u2192 sanctions that had been lifted will now be <strong>re-imposed starting Saturday evening<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>European position:<\/strong><br>France, Germany, and the UK earlier notified the Council of Iran\u2019s <strong>\u201csignificant non-performance\u201d<\/strong>, citing violations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Statements from key members:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>China:<\/strong> Deep regret, warned that collapse of the nuclear issue risks a new <strong>regional security crisis<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>UK (Barbara Woodward):<\/strong> Voted no, citing Iran\u2019s defiance of the <strong>global non-proliferation regime<\/strong> and accumulation of <strong>highly enriched uranium without civilian justification<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>US (Dorothy Shea):<\/strong> Welcomed rejection, calling the draft a <strong>\u201chollow effort\u201d<\/strong> by Russia and China to shield Iran from accountability.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Russia (Dmitry Polyanskiy):<\/strong> Criticized opposing nations, saying their assurances of pursuing diplomacy were just \u201c<strong>mere noise<\/strong>.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The rejection underscores widening rifts in the Council over how to handle Iran\u2019s nuclear programme and risks further escalation in the Middle East<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date: 26 September 2025Category: Peace and Security The rejection underscores widening rifts in the Council over how to handle Iran\u2019s nuclear programme and risks further escalation in the Middle East<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1186,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71,69,68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-reports","category-topics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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