Iran’s Foreign Ministry has strongly rejected the recent report by UN Secretary-General António Guterres, describing it as baseless and founded on a non-existent mandate.

At his press briefing on Monday morning, Esmaeil Baghaei, the spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry, emphasized that UN Security Council Resolution 2231 — cited in the report — is, from Iran’s perspective, terminated. “This view is shared not only by us but also by two permanent members of the Security Council,” he noted.

The spokesperson further criticized the reliance on the dispute resolution mechanism of the JCPOA by three European countries, saying the action was taken under US pressure and had no legal basis. “An action that lacked legitimacy from the start should have no effect,” he added.

Iran has formally expressed its opposition to the move to the UN Secretariat. China and Russia have also communicated their positions clearly, he said.

Expressing regret, the spokesperson highlighted that the European countries’ political maneuvering has created a legal rift within the UN Security Council. He warned that persistence in this path would only deepen the division.

"We regret that the political action of three European countries in abusing the mechanisms of the Security Council has led to such a legal gap at the level of the UN Security Council, and their insistence on continuing this process will only exacerbate this gap," he stressed.

The United Nations Security Council held a meeting on Tuesday to review the implementation of the Iran nuclear agreement, commonly known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The meeting was focused on the UN secretary-general’s report regarding the enforcement of the resolution linked to the 2015 nuclear deal.

Addressing the session, Iran's UN envoy Saeed Iravani stressed that the Resolution 2231 expired on October 18, 2025. He also thanked Russia and China for their opposition to the meeting and their compliance with the former deal, JCPOA.