The United Nations Security Council will vote Friday on reimposing deep economic sanctions on Iran over its resurgent
nuclear program.
Britain, France and Germany — signatories to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action intended to stop Tehran obtaining nuclear weapons — allege that Iran has broken its promises under that 2015 treaty.
Diplomatic sources expect that the resolution will not have the nine votes needed to uphold the status quo — in which sanctions remain lifted — and as such the punishment will be reimposed.
French President Emmanuel Macron said he expected international sanctions against Iran to be reinstated by the end of the month, in an excerpt from an Israeli television interview broadcast Thursday.
“The latest news we had from the Iranians are not serious,” he said.