Russia, China veto US push to extend UN panel mandate monitoring Iran sanctions for a year

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48% : Russia and China on Thursday vetoed a US-backed resolution at the UN Security Council that sought to keep a panel of experts monitoring sanctions imposed on Iran over its nuclear programme.The resolution received 11 votes in favour, while Pakistan and Somalia abstained.
47% : One option under discussion is to create a separate monitoring arrangement involving France, Germany, the UK and the US after the UN expert panel's mandate ends.
46% : They include restrictions on arms deals with Iran, a freeze on certain Iranian assets abroad and measures targeting the country's ballistic missile programme.The sanctions were restored in September 2025 after France, Germany and the UK invoked the "snapback" mechanism in the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran.The mechanism allowed the previous UN sanctions to return after the European powers accused Iran of failing to meet its nuclear commitments.
44% : Deputy US Ambassador to the UN Jennifer Locetta said the experts "would have shined the light" on prohibited cooperation between Iran and its partners."Without an independent panel of experts, this council loses its principal source of impartial, evidence-based reporting on sanctions violations, creating a monitoring gap that only benefits the Iranian regime and those who profit from evading those measures," Locetta said.Iran welcomed the Russian and Chinese vetoes, saying they "prevented yet another cynical attempt by the United States and its allies to abuse the Security Council for their political purposes."The US is separately tightening pressure on Tehran.
40% : Russian UN ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said the US resolution "was deeply flawed and did not have any legal basis".He said Moscow and Beijing had warned Washington against putting the resolution to a vote, arguing that doing so would increase tensions at the Security Council.The US took the opposite position.

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