UN sanctions against Iran to resume over banned nuclear activity

Sanctions lifted in 2015 look set to be snapped back after Tehran was accused of failing to fulfil its commitments.

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It comes after the UK, France and Germany wrote to the UN Security Council last month, accusing Iran of failing to fulfil its commitments. That triggered a mechanism giving Iran 30 days to find a diplomatic solution to avert renewed sanctions.

Tehran has now recalled its ambassadors to the UK, France and Germany in response, Iranian state media reports.

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian condemned the re-imposition of international sanctions as "unfair, unjust, and illegal".

He has rejected a US demand to hand over all of Iran's stockpile of enriched uranium in return for a three-month exemption from sanctions, Pezeshkian added.