"The United Nations Security Council has voted against a resolution drafted by Russia and China to delay by six months the reimposition of sanctions on Iran. In a 4-9 vote, with two abstentions, world leaders on Friday opted to reimpose sanctions owing to Iran's nuclear programme. The sanctions are set to snap back as of 8pm in New York on Saturday [00:00 GMT on Sunday]."
"Russia's deputy UN envoy, Dmitry Polyanskiy, told the chamber that Iran had done all it could to accommodate Europeans, but that Western powers had refused to compromise. But Jerome Bonnafont, the permanent representative of France to the UN in New York, refuted that and said Iran had not taken any serious steps to avoid the renewal of sanctions. Bonnafont added, however, that diplomacy should continue and that the reimposition of sanctions did not mean a negotiated settlement could not be reached later."
"It doesn't look like there is going to be further negotiation. We had the opportunity all week here in New York for negotiations. But Bays noted that Iran knew the resumption of sanctions was likely. The supreme leader in Iran said that he didn't think there was going to be progress and that snapback was likely I don't think there is much more effort going into this now in terms of negotiation."
The Security Council voted 4-9, with two abstentions, against delaying the reimposition of UN sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme. The snapback of UN sanctions is scheduled for 8pm in New York on Saturday (00:00 GMT Sunday). France, Germany and the United Kingdom contend that Tehran violated the 2015 deal aimed at preventing nuclear weapon development. Russia and China sought a six-month delay but failed to win sufficient support. Negotiations appear unlikely and Iran anticipated the resumption of sanctions. The snapback will restore all UN international sanctions that existed before 2015, layering them onto existing Western measures.
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