The United Nations Security Council will be voting on Friday on a resolution proposed by Russia and China to delay the reimposition of sanctions on Iran for six months.

According to a report by Reuters, all UN sanctions on Iran are due to be reimposed on Saturday after Britain, France and Germany triggered a 30-day process accusing Tehran of violating a 2015 deal with world powers aimed at preventing it from developing a nuclear weapon.

To pass a resolution in the 15-member UN Security Council, at least nine votes are needed and no vetoes by either Britain, France or the United States.

Reuters quoted diplomats as saying that there were likely to be a lot of abstentions from the vote and the text was unlikely to be adopted.

Britain, France and Germany have offered to delay the impositio

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