Secretary of State Mike Pompeo initiated the snapback of international sanctions on Iran despite the objections of European allies who maintain that the United States has no legal right to do so.

“These U.N. sanctions will continue the arms embargo,” Pompeo said at the United Nations, referring to the ban that is scheduled to expire in October pursuant to the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal. “No country but the U.S. has had the courage and conviction to put forward a resolution.”