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DATELINE: 19 SEPTEMBER 2025, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
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1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations
19 SEPTEMBER 2025, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Sangjin Kim, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Republic of Korea:
“Will those in favour of the draft resolution contained in document S/2025/561, please raise their hand… Those against… abstentions.”
4. Various shots, delegates voting
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Sangjin Kim, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Republic of Korea:
“The result of the voting is as follows: 4 votes in favour, 9 votes against, 2 abstentions. The draft resolution has not been adopted, has been failed to obtain the required number of votes.”
6. Med shot, Iranian Ambassador
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Dorothy Shea, Acting Representative to the United Nations, United States:
“Absent a deal, it is incumbent on the international community to not accept Iranian half measures or efforts to delay accountability: we must, with one voice, press leadership in Iran to choose the path of peace and by extension, prosperity for the Iranian people.”
8. Wide shot, Security Council
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Barbara Woodward, Representative to the United Nations, United Kingdom:
“Iran's nuclear escalation has been detailed in more than 60 reports by the IAEA over 6 years. It includes the accumulation of a high enriched uranium stockpile, which lacks any credible civilian justification and is unprecedented for a state without a nuclear weapons program.”
10. Wide shot, Security Council
11. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Fu Cong, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, People's Republic of China:
“This is unfair and unreasonable. Such a move causes tension and division among Council members. It is not conducive to rebuilding mutual trust and bridging differences among the parties. It is detrimental to the diplomatic effort towards early resumption of talks and may even bring about catastrophic consequences that are impossible to foresee and forfeit years of diplomatic efforts in one stroke. China has grave concern over this.”
12. Med shot, Iranian Ambassador
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Amir Saeid Iravani, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Iran:
“No other nation has ever subjected itself to such rigorous, intrusive verification by IAEA. We kept our words the EU, E3 and US did not.”
14. Wide shot, Security Council
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Amir Saeid Iravani, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Iran:
“E3 and the US, in coordination with Israel, are spreading false claims that Iran nuclear program threatens peace and security. This is a fabrication. Iran has not breached the JCPOA, the NPT or its safeguard obligations. Our nuclear program remains entirely peaceful.
16. Wide shot, Security Council
17. Pan left, Iranian Ambassador walking to stakeout
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Amir Saeid Iravani, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Iran:
“Today's action is hasty, unnecessary and unlawful. Iran recognized no obligation to implement it.”
19. Wide shot, Iranian Ambassador at stakeout
“The door for diplomacy is not closed, but it will be Iran, not the adversaries, who decide with whom and on what basis to engage.”
20. Pan right, Iranian Ambassador leaving stakeout
Security Council fails to adopt draft resolution aimed to prevent “snapback” of sanctions on Iran that were lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal.
The text – which sought to maintain sanctions relief – did not get the required nine votes.
The result of the voting was as follows: 4 votes in favour, 9 votes against, 2 abstentions
Addressing the Security Council today (19 Sep) after the vote, Dorothy Shea, US Acting Representative to the United Nations, said, “Absent a deal, it is incumbent on the international community to not accept Iranian half measures or efforts to delay accountability: we must, with one voice, press leadership in Iran to choose the path of peace and by extension, prosperity for the Iranian people.”
Barbara Woodward, Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations, said, “Iran's nuclear escalation has been detailed in more than 60 reports by the IAEA over 6 years. It includes the accumulation of a high enriched uranium stockpile, which lacks any credible civilian justification and is unprecedented for a state without a nuclear weapons program.”
Fu Cong, Chinese Representative to the United Nations, said, “This is unfair and unreasonable. Such a move causes tension and division among Council members. It is not conducive to rebuilding mutual trust and bridging differences among the parties. It is detrimental to the diplomatic effort towards early resumption of talks and may even bring about catastrophic consequences that are impossible to foresee and forfeit years of diplomatic efforts in one stroke. China has grave concern over this.”
Iranian Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani, said, “No other nation has ever subjected itself to such rigorous, intrusive verification by IAEA. We kept our words the EU, E3 and US did not.”
He also said, “E3 and the US, in coordination with Israel, are spreading false claims that Iran nuclear program threatens peace and security. This is a fabrication. Iran has not breached the JCPOA, the NPT or its safeguard obligations. Our nuclear program remains entirely peaceful.”
Addressing the press after the Council, Iranian Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani stated, “Today's action is hasty, unnecessary and unlawful. Iran recognized no obligation to implement it.”
He concluded, “The door for diplomacy is not closed, but it will be Iran, not the adversaries, who decide with whom and on what basis to engage.”
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