Iranian president says Tehran achieved 'great political, legal and diplomatic success' at the international body

President Rouhani says life is hard due to Washington's measures but 'harder is life without independence'; France's Macron warns Europe won't back US actions

Washington's old allies have been reluctant to follow Trump in his crusade to reinstate sanctions after exiting 2015 nuclear deal

After Washington announces 'snapback' of sanctions on Saturday in defiance of world, fresh restrictions target 27 figures related to Tehran's defense ministry, atomic agency

Officials offers no evidence for assertion that Tehran will have enough material for bomb by year's end; over 2 dozen individuals and entities linked to arms trade to be penalized

Tehran says Trump administration 'isolated' after other world powers reject American assertion that sanctions on Islamic Republic are back in force

Moscow says Washington's 'theatrics do not correspond to reality,' as the White House insists measures against Tehran have snapped back -- in defiance of the rest of the world

Pompeo vows Trump administration will 'impose consequences' on any state violating 'snapback' sanctions to ensure Tehran 'does not reap the benefits of UN-prohibited activity'

With arms ban set to expire on October 18 and UN Security Council rejecting an extension, White House reportedly readying punitive measures against all who resume weapons sales

Move forcefully opposed by most countries, except for Israel and Gulf, and expected to be ignored by rest of Security Council, which could undermine credibility of world body