UK, Germany and France say they have triggered UN sanctions on Iran

"The UK, France and Germany have formally notified the UN that they have triggered the restoration of sweeping UN sanctions against Iran, giving Tehran 30 days to make concessions on access to its nuclear sites, or face deeper worldwide economic isolation. UK officials said the decision had not been taken lightly and there had been very intensive diplomacy to try to avert this step."

"The effect of the snapback will convert many existing, largely US and European, sanctions into UN-wide sanctions requiring observance by Russia and China. Some sanctions on the Iranian arms industry that are not currently in force will be restored. In addition, the US, as a permanent member of the UN securitycouncil, will in future have a veto over the lifting of the UN sanctions, a power it currently does not have."

The UK, France and Germany formally notified the UN to restore broad UN sanctions against Iran and gave Tehran 30 days to grant access to nuclear sites. The move followed intensive diplomacy and was taken before the 15 October expiry of the 2015 deal. Iran was assessed as being in significant non-compliance since 2019 and had been given opportunities to return to compliance. The snapback will convert many US and European measures into UN-wide obligations binding Russia and China, restore certain arms restrictions, and give the US a veto over lifting UN sanctions. The UK foreign secretary informed Iran’s foreign minister by phone.

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