- The sanctions of the United Nations against Iran Restored.
- Iran remembers ambassadors in the UK, France, Germany.
- Iran’s rial hits record low in the midst of sanctions.
The United Nations: The United Nations reintroduced a weapon embargo and other sanctions against Iran on Saturday after a process triggered by the most important European powers that Tehran has warned will be met with a hard response.
Britain, France and Germany triggered the return of sanctions against Iran at the UN Security Council on accusations that the country has violated a 2015 agreement aimed at preventing it from developing a nuclear bomb. Iran denies seeking nuclear weapons.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi called for the UN Secretary General on Sunday to prevent a revival of mechanisms to conduct the UN sanctions after they were reinstated in Tehran.
“We encourage you to prevent any attempt to revive the sanctions mechanisms, including the sanctions committee and the experts’ panel,” Araqchi wrote in a letter sent on X, adding that Tehran will not recognize any attempt to expand, revive or enforce the UN sanctions.
The end of the decade-long nuclear agreement originally agreed upon by Iran, Britain, Germany, France, the United States, Russia and China is likely to aggravate tensions in the Middle East, just months after Israel and US bombed Iranian nuclear places.
The UN sanctions imposed by the Security Council in decisions adopted between 2006 and 2010 were reinstated at 1 p.m. 20 EDT Saturday (0000 GMT). Attempts to postpone the return of all sanctions against Iran failed on the sidelines of the annual collection of world leaders at the UN this week.
“We urge Iran and all states to comply with these decisions,” said France’s foreign ministers, Britain and Germany in a joint statement after the deadline has passed.
Tehran has warned of a tough answer. But Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Friday that Iran was not intended to leave the non-spreading treaty. Iran said on Saturday that it remembered its ambassadors to Britain, France and Germany for consultations.
Russia has disputed the return of the UN sanctions against Iran.
“It’s illegal and it can’t be implemented,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told the UN journalists earlier on Saturday, adding that he had written to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who warned that it would be “a big mistake” for him to recognize a return on UN sanctions against Iran.
The UN Security Council Website was quickly updated on Saturday night to reflect the return to sanctions.
Diplomacy is still an option
The European powers had offered to delay the reintroduction of sanctions for up to six months to make room for a long -term agreement if Iran restored access for the UN nuclear inspectors, dealt with concerns about its stock of enriched uranium and engaged in conversations with the United States.
“Our countries will continue to pursue diplomatic routes and negotiations. The reimbursement of the UN sanctions is not the end of diplomacy,” said France’s foreign ministers, France and Germany. “We urge Iran to refrain from any escalating act and to return to compliance with its legally binding protective obligations.”
US President Donald Trump has been aware that diplomacy is still an opportunity for Iran and that an agreement remains the best result for the Iranian peoples and the world, US State Secretary Marco Rubio said in a statement after the UN sanctions were repeated.
“In order for it to happen, Iran has to accept direct conversations held in good faith, without stopping or unclearing,” he said, stressing that until a new agreement was, it was important that countries implemented sanctions “immediately to push Iran’s leaders to do what is right for their nation, and best for the security of the world.”
Iran’s economy is already struggling to paralyze the US sanctions that were reinstated since 2018 after Trump has ditched the covenant during his first period.
Iran’s rial currency continued to fall over fear of new sanctions. The rial fell to 1,123,000 per year. US Dollar, a new record low on Saturday, from approx. 1,085,000 on Friday, according to currencies, including Bonbast.com.
With the return of the UN sanctions, Iran will again be exposed to an arms embargo and a ban on all uranium enrichment and reprocessing activities and any activity related to ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons, including launches.
Other sanctions to be reintroduced include a travel ban on dozens of Iranian individuals, an active freezing of dozens of Iranian individuals and units and a ban on the supply of everything that could be used in Iran’s nuclear program.
All countries are authorized to seize and dispose of any items prohibited under UN sanctions, and Iran will be prohibited from acquiring an interest in any commercial activity in another country involving uranium mining, production or use of nuclear materials and technology.
