China and Russia vetoed the UN resolution to extend the mandate of the Iran sanctions monitoring group. On September 17, the UN Security Council voted on extending the mandate of the expert group monitoring Iran sanctions. The final result was 11 votes in favor, with China and Russia casting vetoes, and Pakistan and Somalia abstaining. The resolution did not pass. This expert group is responsible for investigating whether Iran has violated UN sanctions and submitting reports to the Security Council. The disagreement behind this issue is still about the 2025 question of reimposing sanctions on Iran by the US and Europe. The US and Europe believe Iran violated the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, so they reinstated UN sanctions through the snapback mechanism. China and Russia have consistently refused to recognize the legality of this procedure, and therefore do not support extending the sanctions monitoring mechanism based on it. The US believes that the vetoes by China and Russia will create a larger oversight gap in enforcing Iran sanctions. Meanwhile, China and Russia argue that the West is politicizing the Security Council and the sanctions mechanism, and that the Iran nuclear issue should be resolved through renewed diplomatic negotiations. In fact, this expert group has already been unable to operate normally over the past year due to disagreements over personnel selection. Looking at this in the context of the current US-Iran conflict, it also highlights the growing division within the Security Council on the Iran issue. The US and Europe want to continue applying pressure through sanctions, while China and Russia reject the legal basis for the reinstated sanctions. Moving forward, trying to establish a unified UN sanctions and monitoring mechanism for Iran will only become more difficult. @Gate Crypto, US stocks, Hong Kong stocks, Korean stocks, gold, CFD, prediction markets—all in one platform.