UNSC 311(photo credit: AP)ByE.B. SOLOMONTThe new Security Council resolution: • Strengthens an arms embargo by banning the transfer of conventional arms and missiles; • Prohibits Iran from buying heavy weapons, including attack helicopters and missiles; • Bars Iran from investing in nuclear industries, including uranium mining; • Targets 40 companies subject to an asset freeze; • Names one individual, Javad Rahiqi, the head of the Isfahan Nuclear Technology center, and places him under a travel ban and asset freeze; • Authorizes inspections of cargo entering or leaving Iran; • Prohibits countries from allowing Iran to invest in nuclear-related industries; • Calls on countries to block certain financial transactions, including a ban on licensing Iranian bank.RECOMMENDED STORIESIsrael Navy attacks Houthis for first time in Hodeidah Port strikeJUNE 10, 2025Russia to construct eight nuclear power plants in IranJUNE 9, 2025Greta Thunberg among voluntarily deported activists, eight remain in detentionJUNE 10, 2025Jewish woman reveals plot to poison Israelis at Boom Festival in PortugalJUNE 9, 2025