Iran nuclear deal: US to demand ‘snapback’ of UN sanctions
Posted on AllSides August 20th, 2020
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The US is to controversially initiate a process at the UN Security Council to reinstate international sanctions on Iran lifted under a 2015 nuclear deal.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will submit a complaint accusing Iran of significant non-compliance and trigger the sanctions "snapback" mechanism.
However, other world powers insist he has no legal right to do so.
The US itself stopped complying with the accord two years ago, when President Donald Trump abandoned it.
Once the complaint has been submitted, other countries on the Security Council will have 30...
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