Trump: US to demand ‘snap back’ of UN sanctions against Iran

Published August 19, 2020 10:26pm ET



President Trump said his administration will call for all United Nations sanctions against Iran to be reimposed after the United States failed to extend a U.N. arms embargo.

“Today, I am directing the secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, to notify the U.N. Security Council that the United States intends to restore virtually all of the previously suspended United Nations sanctions on Iran,” Trump said during a Wednesday evening news briefing.

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