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Iran connected Sunday (September 28, 2025) condemned arsenic "unjustifiable" the reinstatement of United Nations sanctions implicit its atomic programme, aft the illness of talks with Western powers and Israeli and U.S. strikes connected its atomic sites.
The measures, which barroom dealings linked to the Islamic republic's atomic and ballistic rocket activities, took effect overnight aft Western powers triggered the alleged "snapback" mechanics nether the 2015 atomic accord.
"The reactivation of annulled resolutions is legally baseless and unjustifiable... each countries indispensable refrain from recognising this amerciable situation," the Iranian Foreign Ministry said successful a statement.
"The Islamic Republic of Iran volition firmly support its nationalist rights and interests, and immoderate enactment aimed astatine undermining the rights and interests of its radical volition look a steadfast and due response," it added.
The instrumentality of the sanctions ends months of tense diplomacy aimed astatine reviving atomic talks derailed since June, erstwhile Israeli and U.S. forces bombed Iranian atomic facilities.
Despite the reimposition, Western leaders stressed channels for dialog remained open.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged Iran to "accept nonstop talks, held successful bully faith".
He besides called connected UN subordinate states to "immediately" instrumentality sanctions to "pressure Iran's leaders to bash what is close for their nation, and champion for the information of the world".
The British, French and German overseas ministers said successful a associated connection they would proceed to question "a caller diplomatic solution to guarantee Iran ne'er gets a atomic weapon".
They besides called connected Tehran "to refrain from immoderate escalatory action".
'No choice'
Iran had allowed UN inspectors to instrumentality to its atomic sites, but President Masoud Pezeshkian said the United States had offered lone a abbreviated reprieve successful instrumentality for handing implicit its full stockpile of enriched uranium, a connection helium described arsenic unacceptable.
An 11th-hour effort by Iran allies Russia and China to postpone the sanctions until April failed to triumph capable votes successful the Security Council connected Friday (September 26), starring to the measures taking effect astatine 3.30 a.m. successful Tehran (0000 GMT) connected Sunday.
Germany, which triggered the instrumentality of sanctions alongside Britain and France, had "no choice" arsenic Iran was not complying with its obligations, Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said.
"For us, it is imperative: Iran indispensable ne'er get a atomic weapon," helium told the UN General Assembly.
"But fto maine emphasise: we stay unfastened to negotiations connected a caller agreement. Diplomacy tin and should continue."
Russia made wide it would not enforce the sanctions, considering them invalid.
The sanctions "finally exposed the West's argumentation of sabotaging the pursuit of constructive solutions successful the UN Security Council, arsenic good arsenic its tendency to extract unilateral concessions from Tehran done blackmail and pressure," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
Iran has agelong contended that it is not seeking atomic weapons.
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The sanctions are a "snapback" of measures frozen successful 2015 erstwhile Iran agreed to large restrictions connected its atomic programme nether a woody negotiated by erstwhile president Barack Obama.
The United States already imposed monolithic sanctions, including trying to unit each countries to shun Iranian oil, erstwhile President Donald Trump withdrew from the woody successful his archetypal term.
Iran and the United States had held respective rounds of Omani-brokered talks earlier this twelvemonth earlier they collapsed successful June erstwhile archetypal Israel and past the United States attacked Iranian atomic facilities.
Iran recalled its envoys from Britain, France and Germany for consultations connected Saturday (September 27), authorities tv reported.
On the ground, Iranians lamented the apt interaction of the caller sanctions connected an already squeezed economy.
"The existent (economic) concern was already precise difficult, but it's going to get worse," said an Iranian technologist who asked to beryllium identified lone by his archetypal sanction Dariush.
"The interaction of the renewed sanctions is already evident: the speech complaint is increasing, and this is starring to higher prices," the 50-year-old said, complaining that the modular of surviving is "much lower" than it was 2 oregon 3 years ago.
The dollar was trading astatine astir 1.12 cardinal rials connected the achromatic marketplace connected Saturday (September 27), a grounds precocious according to respective currency tracking websites.
