Iran Intense contacts between the E3 (France, Germany and the UK) and Iran failed to defer the restoration of pre-2015 UN sanctions, squandering a chance for a diplomatic breakthrough and compounding the nuclear crisis.

This section offers news briefs on political and security developments in Iran as of September 2025. Topics include the argument by Iran, Russia and China on snapback notification as null and void, the sanction made by U.S. Treasury on United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based businessman, associated companies and vessels allegedly marketing Iranian oil as Iraqi, and the meeting held by Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince and Defence Minister.