Leaving NPT not in Tehran's interest, former deputy nuclear chief says

Support from China and Russia will minimize the impact of the reimposed UN sanctions on Iran, Behnam Saeedi, secretary of the Iranian parliament’s National Security Committee, said, adding that the sanctions carry more psychological than real economic effects.

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is "currently holding negotiations in New York right now," Iranian lawmaker Mahmoud Nabavian said on Monday without providing further details.

IAEA chief Rafael Grossi met Germany’s federal foreign minister Johann Wadephul in Warsaw on Monday to discuss UN snapback sanctions on Iran and nuclear safety in Ukraine, he said on X.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will meet UN Secretary-General António Guterres at 19:30 on Monday.

The meeting comes a week after President Masoud Pezeshkian met Guterres on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.

Britain imposed 71 additional designations under its Iran nuclear sanctions regime. The move expands existing measures targeting individuals and entities linked to Tehran’s nuclear activities.