Iran sanctions: Trump threatens to unilaterally reimpose UN measures
by Agence France-Presse from on (#573SZ)
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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