Arab, Western powers sound alarm over Iran nuclear stockpile; UN Security Council discusses sanctions
NEW YORK CITY: Arab and Western powers issued a joint warning on Tuesday over Iran’s nuclear program, in which they called on all UN member states to fully implement recently reinstated Security Council sanctions against Iran.
France’s ambassador to the UN, Jerome Bonnafont, read the statement on behalf of delegations from his country, the UK, the US, Bahrain, Denmark, Greece, Latvia and the UAE.
It came ahead of a meeting of the Security Council, convened under the “Non-Proliferation” agenda, to discuss the status of the 1737 Sanctions Committee, the body tasked with overseeing the UN’s sanctions architecture against Tehran, and the broader question of whether sanctions on Iran remain in force following the expiration of Resolution 2231 in October 2025.
Resolution 2231 endorsed the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, more formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, under which Iran agreed to limit its nuclear research and enrichment activity in return for sanctions relief.
