Iran's president says it can overcome any return of sanctions

21/9/2025 6:28

President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Saturday that Iran would overcome any reimposition of sanctions through a so-called "snapback" process, after the U.N. Security Council voted not to permanently lift sanctions on Tehran.



"Through the 'snapback' they block the road, but it is the brains and the thoughts that open or build the road," Pezeshkian said in remarks carried by state television.



"They cannot stop us. They can strike our Natanz or Fordow (nuclear installations attacked by the U.S. and Israel in June), but they are unaware that it is humans who built and will rebuild Natanz," Pezeshkian said.



The Security Council move came on Friday after Britain, France and Germany launched a 30-day process last month to reimpose sanctions, accusing Tehran of failing to abide by a 2015 deal with world powers aimed at preventing it from developing a nuclear weapon.



Iran denies having any such intention.