Signatories of the Iranian nuclear deal argued that the U.S. could not unilaterally enforce sanctions on Iran for allegedly breaking the terms of the 2015 agreement, because the U.S. broke from the deal in May 2018. The Trump administration led the charge last month to extend the Iranian arms embargo under the Iran nuclear deal, which expires Oct. 18. UN SECURITY COUNCIL REJECTS US RESOLUTION TO EXTEND IRAN ARMS EMBARGOThe U.S. immediately threatened snapback sanctions, which would reinstate sanctions previously placed on Iran that were dissolved by the 2015 nuclear deal. But the U.N. Security Council, who warned against the Trump administration’s exit from the Iran nuclear deal in 2018, has doubled down, apparently rejecting the extension of the arms embargo and snapback sanctions claiming the administration has no right to invoke a deal that would return the sanctions. The signatories of the 2015 deal, Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia, the EU and Iran met Tuesday to discuss nuclear nonproliferation agreements going forward as the nuclear deal comes to an end soon.

Source: Fox News September 02, 2020 01:41 UTC