Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told his Pakistani counterpart in a phone call on Thursday that UN Security Council Resolution 2231 which authorized a 2015 nuclear deal is set to end on October 18, 2025 and rejected the snapback of international sanctions triggered by the UK, France and Germany which went into effect on September 28.
The Iranian rial plunged further on Thursday as the US dollar crossed 1.18 million rials in Tehran’s open market, continuing its climb following the activation of the snapback mechanism.
The rate had already risen by over ten thousand rials Wednesday evening, hitting 1.164 million rials.
An Iranian cleric representing Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in the Revolutionary Guards escalated rhetoric against Israel, likening it to a cancer to be removed and saying such an outcome would undermine US claims of global leadership.
Abdollah Hajj Sadeghi criticized US President Donald Trump, accusing Washington of backing Israeli action and misrepresenting June’s 12-day conflict between Iran and Israel.
He said Iran would answer any future Israeli move with a unified response both diplomatically and in the battlefield, and argued opponents had misread Iranian society after years of economic pressure.
