Overview
- The Council approved adding the 1737 Sanctions Committee report to its agenda by a non‑vetoable procedural vote of 11–2, with Pakistan and Somalia abstaining.
- The United States urged enforcing UN measures, citing IAEA‑referenced production and stockpiles enriched to 60% and curtailed inspector access.
- Russia and China voted no and denounced the move as a breach of Council rules, with Moscow arguing the termination of Resolution 2231 removed the item from the agenda.
- Britain and France supported restoring sanctions, and France said the IAEA can no longer assure peaceful intent and that Iran’s stockpiles could yield about 10 warheads.
- Iran’s UN ambassador rejected any sanctions move and maintained that its nuclear program is exclusively peaceful.