Russia, China veto US proposal to extend UN monitoring of Iran sanctions

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : French UN Ambassador Jerome Bonnafont, the current council president, said implementing sanctions is "a crucial instrument to encourage Iran" to return to its nuclear obligations.
53% : It restored the Security Council sanctions committee and authorized a panel of UN experts to monitor implementation.
53% : According to the UN nuclear watchdog, Iran maintained a stockpile of 440.9 kilograms (972 pounds) of uranium enriched up to 60 per cent purity - a short, technical step away from weapons-grade levels of 90 per cent.
51% : The United States drafted a resolution to extend the UN expert panel's mandate for a year, coming as America also pursues a wider campaign to isolate Tehran from its remaining economic partners as the more than six-month-old war in Iran has hit a stalemate.
47% : US deputy ambassador to the UN Jennifer Locetta said the United States wasn't surprised by the vetoes because the experts "would have shined the light" on prohibited cooperation between Iran and its partners.
45% : In March 2024, a Russian veto ended UN monitoring of sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear program.
41% : The UN Security Council sanctions are still in effect, which freeze Iran's assets abroad, halt arms deals with Tehran and penalize any development of Iran's ballistic missile program, among other measures.
40% : Also Read US sanctions Bill gives Ukraine leverage on Russia, but enforcement looms China is scared of AI, but not in the way US and its tech leaders are Copper rallies as Chinese buyers return to market, demand outlook brightens Hard calculations on Tiktok's soft power China opposes US sanctions bill, says will not accept long-arm jurisdiction Iran's UN mission thanked China and Russia for vetoing the resolution, saying on social media that the countries "prevented yet another cynical attempt by the United States and its allies to abuse the Security Council for their political purposes."
37% : Russian UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia reiterated Moscow's claim that the "snapback" of sanctions against Iran was illegal, and therefore the resolution to extend the mandate of the panel of experts "was deeply flawed and did not have any legal basis."
24% : Iran's UN mission thanked China and Russia for vetoing the resolution | Image: Bloomberg Russia and China vetoed a United Nations resolution Thursday that would have authorized UN experts to keep monitoring sanctions that were reimposed against Iran last year over its nuclear program.
22% : Since Israel and the US struck Iran's nuclear sites in June 2025, UN nuclear inspectors have been unable to verify the status of Iran's stockpile of enriched uranium.

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