Washington (CNN) The Trump administration will move to reimpose UN sanctions against Iran this weekend despite the fact that global allies and adversaries alike are set to effectively ignore the move. It comes after the administration failed to extend the conventional weapons embargo set to expire next month under the Iran nuclear deal. Special Representative for Iran Elliott Abrams told reporters this week that come Saturday at 8 pm ET "virtually all UN sanctions on Iran will come back into place." "This is really more about the Trump administration trying to bury the JCPOA while it thinks it has the opportunity." "Nobody is really in the mood to rush any of this before November, when we see what happens in the United States," Brewer said.

Source: CNN September 18, 2020 22:41 UTC