Iran sanctions: Trump threatens to unilaterally reimpose UN measures

US to activate controversial ‘snapback’ procedure, which Britain, France and Germany say it doesn’t have the right to do

President Donald Trump has announced that secretary of state Mike Pompeo will activate a controversial mechanism aimed at reimposing UN sanctions on Iran, escalating a row with European allies that has huge repercussions for the Iranian nuclear deal.

Pompeo will travel to New York on Thursday to notify the UN security council that the US is triggering the so-called “snapback” procedure, which Britain, France and Germany say it doesn’t have the right to do.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/3g8ZGdf