Measure unanimously adopted by Security Council to clear path for lifting of international sanctions on Iran’s economy.
The UN Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution that will clear a path for international sanctions crippling Iran’s economy to be lifted.
Representatives of all 15 countries on the Security Council voted on Monday by raising their hands.
“The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously,” Murray McCully, foreign minister of New Zealand, which holds the current presidency of the Security Council, announced after the vote.
But the measure also provides a mechanism for UN sanctions to “snap back” in place if Iran fails to meet its obligations.
