(Bloomberg) -- The United Nations will reimpose broad sanctions on Iran after days of frantic diplomacy in New York failed to ease a standoff over Tehran’s nuclear program.

The vote wasn’t a surprise given opposition from the US and western allies to any extension of sanctions relief. Last month, France, Germany and the UK had set in motion what’s known as sanctions “snapback,” citing Tehran’s limited cooperation with the IAEA and broader nonproliferation negotiations.

“The Russian Federation-China text is a hollow effort to relieve Iran of any accountability for its continued, significant non-performance of its nuclear commitments, and all without requiring tangible diplomatic progress,” said Dorothy Shea, the US deputy representative to the UN.

The sanctions were lifted as part of a 2

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