JCPOA Crisis: Balance of Power Returns

Tehran may well look to the experience of the DPRK On September 26, 2025, the UN Security Council rejected a proposed resolution on extending the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on the Iranian nuclear programme. Among the permanent members of the UN Security Council, the United States, Great Britain, and France voted against. China and Russia voted in favour. The vote a week earlier had the same result. The JCPOA, enshrined in UN ...