But Amir Saeid Iravani, Iran's envoy to the UN, told the UN Security Council described the vote as the "politics of coercion." Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said earlier Friday he had put forward a "fair and balanced" proposal to European powers to prevent the return of sanctions. Despite a flurry of diplomatic talks between the European powers and Tehran, the Western trio insisted there was no progress. "The Council still has time to greenlight a further resolution extending the suspension of sanctions -- if Iran and the Europeans reach a last-minute bargain," Gowan said. 2015 deal in tattersWestern powers and Israel have long accused Tehran of seeking to acquire nuclear weapons, a claim Iran denies.