Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he will go to the United Nations soon to put pressure on the UN Security Council to restore sanctions on Iran after a failed effort by the US to extend an arms embargo on the country
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday that he would be going to the United Nations"soon" to begin the process of triggering snapback sanctions on Iran, setting up a likely clash with other members of the UN Security Council.
The US wants to reimpose sanctions related to the Iran nuclear deal after suffering an embarrassing loss Friday in the Security Council trying to extend an arms embargo on Tehran that expires in October.The process is expected to be messy, as China and Russia openly oppose the effort to snap back sanctions, and other parties to the deal -- Germany, the UK, France -- are also against the move.
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