UN Security Council officially declares end to missile-related sanctions on Iran

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has officially declared an end to restrictions it had imposed on Iran’s missile program, according to the organization’s secretariat. 

In a note sent to the member states of the UN, the secretariat of the UNSC officially ended curbs set out in paragraphs 3, 4, and 6 (c) and (d) of Annex B to Resolution 2231.

The termination came into force on October 18, eight years after the 2015 Iran nuclear deal with major world powers, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

The restrictions included curbs on ballistic missile-related activities and transfers, as well as sanctions on some Iranian individuals and entities.

Rosemary A. DiCarlo, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, also confirmed the termination in a separate letter to Iran’s permanent ambassador to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani.

“As a consequence,… the Secretariat removed on 19 October 2023 from the Security Council website the list of 23 individuals and 61 entities subject to the aforementioned restrictive measures,” DiCarlo said in the letter.

The changes were also made to the UNSC Consolidated List of all sanctioned people and entities.