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September 29, 2025
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UN and EU Reimpose Sanctions on Iran Following Snapback Mechanism
On September 27, 2025, the United Nations reimposed sanctions and other restrictions based on Iran’s continuing “significant non-performance” of its nuclear commitments. Today, September 29, following the UN resolution, the European Union formally reimposed a broad range of sanctions on Iran, citing the same “significant non-performance” of its nuclear commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). These actions follow the invocation of the JCPOA’s snapback mechanism by the E3 (France, Germany, and the United Kingdom) on August 28, 2025, and mark a major shift in the international legal and commercial landscape for entities engaged with Iran.
March 2, 2023
|4 min read
The EU Issues a Tenth Package of Sanctions Against Russia
In light of the recent wave of sanctions against Russia issued by the United States (see Winston & Strawn’s post here), the European Union (“EU”) issued a tenth package of Russia sanctions on February 25, 2023.