UN Security Council Rejects Late Effort to Extend Iran Sanctions ‘Snapback’ Deadline
FDD | Sept 27, 2025
Latest Developments
- Push to Delay Rejected: The UN Security Council on September 26 rejected a last-ditch proposal put forward by Russia and China to delay the reimposition of UN sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program under the “snapback” mechanism. The resolution was voted down by a count of 4-9 with two abstentions. Barring an extremely late deal made between Iran and France, the United Kingdom, and Germany — known as the E3 — UN sanctions will be reimplemented on the Islamic Republic at midnight on September 28. Enshrined in UN Security Council Resolution 2231 — which endorsed the 2015 Iran nuclear deal — snapback would freeze Iranian assets abroad, restore arms and missile embargos on Iran, outlaw Tehran’s ballistic missile testing, restore prohibitions against its uranium enrichment and plutonium reprocessing, and ban nuclear trade with the regime.











