A month after the Trump administration introduced a “snapback” mechanism in a Security Council resolution on the Iran nuclear deal, it intends to announce the re-imposition of UN sanctions on Iran in the coming days – but the move is likely to be ignored by many, including US allies.
“We will return to the United Nations to impose sanctions so that the arms embargo will become permanent next week,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told a news conference with the UK Foreign Secretary on Wednesday. “We deeply believe that this is good for the people of all countries.”
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Pompeo went to the UN last month to trigger the “snapback” mechanism in Security Council Resolution 2231 – “Resolution that fixes the Iran nuclear deal.” As part of the 2015 agreement, a 30-day countdown is underway to end or end UN sanctions against the monarchy, including the arms embargo, which expires in October.
But other members of the council, including China, Russia, the UK, France and Germany, have opposed the US move and are prepared to ignore it. They argue that the U.S. is not in a position to trigger a snapback as it abandoned the Iran deal in 2018.
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Germany, France and the UK said in a statement last month that “the position regarding the effectiveness of the US notification in pursuance of Resolution 2231 has been made very clear to the presidency and all members of the UNSC as a result.” “Therefore, we cannot support this action, which is inconsistent with our current efforts to support JCPoA.”
The Security Council requested that in addition to the International Atomic Energy Agency’s ongoing inspections in Iran, that it monitor Iran’s compliance with “the steps required by the IAEA Board”. But the U.S. has stepped forward, raising questions about what will happen when the U.S. announces the re-imposition of sanctions and will be equally ignored by allies and foes.
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The move is likely to lead to a credibility crisis at the UN, which is due to face the Bird’s General Assembly next week. Pompeo did not go into detail on Wednesday but promised that the U.S. “As part of it will do its part – its responsibilities to enable peace, this time in the Middle East.”
“We will do what we need to do to ensure that these sanctions are enforced,” he said.
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Reuters reports that Elliott Abrams, the US special envoy for Venezuela and Iran, said the US could deny access to the US market to anyone who traded arms with Iran. Whatever happens, it is likely to lead to U.S. And there will be border relations on Turtle Bay between other members of the international community.
Abram told reporters that sanctions would be imposed on ET on Saturday at 8 p.m.
“If other nations don’t follow through, I think they should ask … don’t they think they are undermining the structure of UN sanctions,” he said.
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Pompeo, meanwhile, said Wednesday that the US was working on a “maximum pressure” strategy against Iran.
“I think those who look at the Islamic Republic of Iran’s economic situation today, the fact that they do not have the resources to write to Hezbollah and the Shiite forces in places where they have spent money on profitable activities. In all these years, those resources have been greatly reduced, their ability to harm the world has diminished, ”he said.
The Associated Press contributes to this report.
