The UN Security Council will take up the dispute over Iran's nuclear program again Friday as China and Russia seek to give more time for diplomacy on the eve of new sanctions against Tehran.

European powers, complaining that Iran has not cooperated, have triggered a return of sweeping UN sanctions that are set to go into effect at the end of Saturday.

China and Russia will put forward a draft resolution, seen by AFP, that would give another six months, or until April 18, 2026.

The Europeans have moved to "snap back" sanctions that had been lifted a decade ago after Iran entered an international agreement on its nuclear program negotiated by former US president Barack Obama's administration.

President Donald Trump withdrew in his first term from the deal, formally known as the Joint Com

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