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The United States stands firm: Once-suspended UN sanctions against Iran are back in effect. Chancellor Pompeo warned that European countries like Germany would also have to adhere to him. US sanctions would also be tightened.
By Antje Passenheim, ARD-Studio Washington
It’s a warning that should be heard around the world, said US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo: “No matter who you are, if you violate the arms embargo against Iran, you risk sanctions.” The president of the United States, Trump, had previously signed an order to that effect in Washington. It is a new instrument to enforce the arms embargo against Iran, Pompeo said.
Now the Iranian Defense Ministry is focused. Other institutions and individuals related to Tehran’s nuclear, weapons and missile programs are also affected. Punitive measures would also be imposed on Venezuela’s head of state, Nicolás Maduro. “Corrupt Tehran government officials have been working with the illegal government in Venezuela for more than two years to undermine the UN arms embargo,” said the US secretary of state.
One-handed penalties
This arms embargo expires in October under the nuclear treaty with Iran. The United States had tried in vain to extend the sanctions imposed by the UN Security Council. Since they couldn’t get away with it, they are now applying the new sanctions single-handedly.
Washington refers to a mechanism of the nuclear treaty with Iran. The Trump administration unilaterally terminated this international agreement in 2018. Britain, France and Germany are also participating in it.
Appeal to Europeans
Pompeo now specifically appealed to Europeans: “We have made it very clear that every member state of the United Nations has an obligation to enforce sanctions. This includes Britain, France and Germany. We hope these countries will enforce sanctions. “.
But the parties to the nuclear deal reject it. They fear that the deal with Tehran had completely failed and that they no longer had any control over the nuclear program. The so-called E3 – Germany, France and Great Britain – together with the majority in the Security Council have rejected the US initiative as illegal. It is unclear what sanctions the US government is now threatening with.
