President Trump “has no right to trigger” a United Nations Security Council mechanism to destroy the 2015 Iran nuclear deal by reinvoking sanctions, according to a senior Chinese diplomat, whose argument garnered European support.

“Having quit the JCPOA, the U.S. is no longer a participant and has no right to trigger the snapback” of sanctions, Chinese Ambassador Zhang Jun said during a virtual meeting of the U.N. Security Council, using the formal acronym for the deal.

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