UN set to reimpose sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme

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  This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

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  I'm Alex Ritzen and at 0500 GMT on Saturday the 27th of September these are our main stories.

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  The UN looks set to restore sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program after the failure of a last-ditch attempt to delay them.

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  A resolution put forward by Iran's closest allies, Russia and China,

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  failed to get the required support at the UN Security Council.

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  It means the sanctions will be reimposed at midnight GMT on the night of Saturday into Sunday.

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  Speaking to the Council, Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi criticised Britain,

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  France and Germany who jointly accused Iran of breaching the 2015 deal aimed at preventing it from developing a nuclear weapon.

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  And he also laid blame firmly with the United States.

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  We have unfortunately a terrible experience of negotiating with the United States.

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  We negotiated once in 2015 and we made a deal that the whole world celebrated as an achievement of diplomacy.

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  But what happened?

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  Only after one year the United States withdrew and reimposed its sanctions.

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