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联合国安理会认可伊朗核协议

The UN Security Council has unanimously endorsed the historic agreement reached between Iran and major world powers on Iranian nuclear issues.

联合国安理会一致对伊朗与世界主要强国就核问题达成的历史性协议表示认可。
 
It marks the formal UN approval for the hard-won agreement reached between Tehran and the permanent members of the Security Council, plus Germany, after 18 straight days of talks in Vienna earlier this month.
 
For more on this, we are joined live on the line by our UN correspondent Su Yi.
 
What are the next steps for the UN to lift its sanctions on Iran?
 
On the part of the Security Council, there is already a timetable in the agreement regarding the process of lifting its sanctions on Iran.
 
According to the resolution, the Security Council will first review a report from the International Atomic Energy Agency in the coming months. The report will verify whether Iran is implementing its commitments under the comprehensive deal. And then the SC will terminate some of its resolutions.