Iran’s Assembly of Experts declared on Thursday, November 12, 2026, that reviewing the nation’s participation in the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty has become an unavoidable necessity to defend national sovereignty. The constitutional clerical body, responsible for electing and overseeing Iran’s supreme leader, said in its communique broadcast on state television that intensifying external threats require a comprehensive reassessment of multilateral security agreements.
The United Nations Security Council convened in New York late Thursday, voting unanimously to adopt a British-drafted resolution extending existing asset freezes and travel bans on Houthi military leaders through November 14, 2027. The measure reaffirmed a strict arms embargo designed to halt cross-border drone and ballistic missile proliferation targeting maritime corridors. UK Ambassador to the United Nations Sarah MacIntosh said the unanimous decision demonstrated determination to confront reckless regional attacks and cut off revenue streams financing ballistic missiles and drone technology.
Hours before the council’s vote, the Saudi-led coalition announced its air defense units intercepted and destroyed an explosive drone over northern Riyadh early Thursday, alongside two additional aerial targets over the kingdom’s eastern province. Houthi military spokespersons claimed the strike targeted state energy facilities operated by Saudi Aramco; Saudi military representatives reported zero casualties or operational damage across commercial refinery complexes. Maritime security officials at the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations confirmed the commercial tanker Dominica Prosperity sustained projectile damage in the Strait of Hormuz northwest of Ras al-Khaimah; its crew evacuated without casualties.
At an extraordinary technical briefing in Vienna, International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi underscored that unresolved inquiries into undeclared Iranian nuclear material remain stalled. Defense ministers across the Gulf Cooperation Council convened emergency sessions to coordinate naval mine countermeasures and shared early-warning radar surveillance around desalination and oil export terminals.
