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The United States has officially begun the process of returning international sanctions on Iran - Walla! News

2020-08-20T19:13:14.764Z


The United Nations has announced that Washington has sought to return sanctions on Tehran as part of the "snapback" mechanism.


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The United States has officially begun the process of returning international sanctions on Iran

The United Nations has announced that Washington has sought to return sanctions on Tehran as part of the "snapback" mechanism.

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Guy Elster and Barak Ravid

Thursday, 20 August 2020, 21:59

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United States began tonight (Thursday) formal procedure returning international sanctions on Iran, as part of the mechanism "Snapback" - This was announced tonight at the United Nations. The Americans justified the opening of the procedure to restore sanctions that Iran had violated the nuclear deal.

Secretary of State of the United States, Mike Pompeo, met earlier in the evening in New York with the ambassador of Indonesia to the United Nations used the rotating presidency of the UN security Council and handed him a letter containing a formal request to activate the mechanism automatically re-projection of international sanctions on Iran.

According to senior Israeli officials, administration US President Donald Trump last night informed Israel of his intention to submit to the UN Security Council today the request for the automatic return of sanctions, which were lifted as part of the nuclear deal.

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Senior officials noted that the American update was delivered to Israel as early as Monday. According to the update, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will arrive in New York tomorrow and deliver letters to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Indonesia's ambassador to the UN - who serves as the Security Council's incumbent. The

letters will require the United States to reactivate the mechanism. A 30-day period for internal Security Council discussions on the issue, which is expected to turn into a sharp international diplomatic and legal crisis, during which 30 members of the Security Council can submit a resolution extending sanctions on Iran, but the United States can veto such a decision.

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