Tehran: Iran summoned its ambassadors to France, Britain, and Germany for consultations after the UN Security Council rejected a Russian-Chinese draft resolution to extend the lifting of sanctions on Tehran.
According to Kuwait News Agency, the move by Iran followed the European Troika's action concerning the dispute resolution mechanism outlined in the nuclear agreement. The Security Council's decision came after a draft resolution, submitted by Russia and China, aimed at extending the lifting of sanctions on Iran for six months was rejected, with only four countries voting in favor.
As a result of the rejected resolution, all UN sanctions on Iran are set to be reinstated at midnight Saturday-Sunday, 00:00 GMT. The returning sanctions will reimpose an arms embargo, ban uranium enrichment and reprocessing activities, prohibit cooperation on ballistic missiles, enforce a global asset freeze, impose travel restrictions, and place broad restrictions on Iran's energy sector.