The United Nations has officially brought back tough sanctions on Iran, marking a major setback for the 2015 nuclear deal.
This move happened right on schedule, kicking in at 8 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on September 27. It follows the rules laid out in UN Security Council Resolution 2231 from 2015, which now reinstates older sanctions from resolutions like 1696 in 2006, 1737 in 2006, 1747 in 2007, 1803 in 2008, 1835 in 2008, and 1929 in 2010. These target Iran’s nuclear program and related activities, just as they did before the nuclear agreement started.
A UN spokesperson’s office note explains that the Security Council’s sanctions committee, set up under Resolution 1737, is back in action. It now lists 43 individuals and 78 entities that were blacklisted before 2015. You can find the full updated UN Security Council Consolidated Sanctions List online for details on who’s affected.
This all stems from last month’s decision by France, Britain, and Germany to trigger the “snapback” mechanism in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the formal name for the Iran nuclear deal. They argued Iran had violated the agreement, allowing these UN sanctions on Iran to snap back into place within 30 days.
Tensions boiled over earlier when the UN Security Council rejected a resolution on September 19 to keep sanctions relief going under the JCPOA. Another attempt last Friday to extend the deal and Resolution 2231 by six months also fell short.
Iran’s response? The country halted inspections of its nuclear sites—a key requirement of the 2015 deal—after Israel and the US struck several Iranian nuclear facilities and military bases in June. Despite the drama, Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian stressed last week that his nation has zero plans to build nuclear weapons.
As Iran nuclear deal talks hang in the balance, these reinstated UN sanctions could ramp up pressure and reshape global diplomacy around Iran’s atomic ambitions.
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