UN Security Council rejects Russia and China's last-ditch effort to delay sanctions on Iran

Members of the United Nations Security Council vote on a resolution by Russia and China to delay by six months the reimposition of sanctions on Iran during the 80th U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 26, 2025.

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The UN Security Council has rejected another last-ditch effort to delay the reimposition of sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme, a day before the deadline and after Western countries claimed that weeks of meetings failed to result in a "concrete" agreement.The resolution put forth by Russia and China — Iran's most powerful and closest allies on the 15-member council — failed to garner support on Friday (September 26, 2025) from the nine countries required to halt the series of UN sanctions from taking effect Saturday, as outlined in Iran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. Published - September 27, 2025 02:05 am IST