He European Union Council has decided this Monday restore a battery of its activities of after verifying a “Significant breach” of the commitments acquired in the Comprehensive Comprehensive Action Plan (PAIC)signed in 2015.
“Today, the Council has agreed to impose a series of restrictive measures in relation to Iran’s nuclear proliferation activitieswhich had been suspended with the entry into force of the nuclear agreement in 2015, “says the.
The decision occurs after Reintroduction of UN sanctionsafter, when the mechanism of “Fast restart” promoted by France, Germany and the United Kingdom (E3).
The scope of sanctions
Reintroduced sanctions include both Adopted by the United Nations Security Council since 2006automatically transposed to European law, such as Autonomous measures of the EU itself.
In individual matters, they apply “Travel prohibitions for individuals, Freezing assets for people and entities And, in line with this, the prohibition of putting funds or economic resources available to people included in the list“.
In the field economic and financialthe EU restores sanctions that cover key sectors like him trade and transportation. Among them, the following stand out:
- Prohibition of exporting weapons To Iran and Transfer articles, materials or technologies linked to Uranium enrichment already Balistic missile programs.
- Veto to the import, purchase and transport of crude oil, natural gas, petrochemical and oil products.
- Prohibition of selling or supplying key equipment for the energy sectoras well as oro, Metals precious, diamondstrue Naval teams y computer programs sensitive.
- Freezing of the assets of the Central Bank of Iran and the main Iranian commercial bankstogether with mechanisms of Transfers control financial.
- He transport It is another of the affected sectors. The EU announced that it will return to prevent access to your airports to Iranian load flights y will prohibit the maintenance or service of Iranian aircraft and ships that transport prohibited materials or goods.
The background of the nuclear agreement
The Joint Comprehensive Action Plan was signed on July 14, 2015 between Iran, the five permanent members of the UN Security Council (China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, United States) and Germany, with the support of the European Union.
The goal was Ensure that the Iranian nuclear program would be allocated “exclusively for civil and peaceful purposes.” Resolution 2231 of the UN Security Council supported the agreement, establishing a calendar to lift the sanctions in January 2016.
As a result, the EU suspended all restrictive measures related to nuclear energy, although He warned that they would be reintroduced if they would be breached. That warning materialized the August 28, 2025when, activating the mechanism of snapback.
The High EU representative for foreign affairs, together with France and Germany, formally recommended the Council to reactivate the sanctions. In the absence of a new resolution of the Security Council that prevented this process, The measures were restored on September 17, 2025.
