The United Nations has reinstated an arms embargo and other sanctions on Iran, with Tehran warning the move will be met with a harsh response.

The UK, France and Germany triggered the return of sanctions on Iran at the UN Security Council over accusations that the country has violated a 2015 deal that aimed to stop it from developing a nuclear bomb.

Iran denies seeking nuclear weapons.

The end of the decade-long nuclear deal originally agreed to by Iran, the UK, Germany, France, the United States, Russia and China is likely to exacerbate tensions in the Middle East, just months after Israel and the US bombed Iranian nuclear sites.

UN sanctions imposed by the Security Council in resolutions adopted between 2006 and 2010 were reinstated at 8 pm on Saturday, local time.

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