Wednesday, August 19, 2020

Enjoy!


LOL.

It was this:
President Trump announced Wednesday evening that his administration would notify the United Nations of plans to restore "virtually" all sanctions on Iran.

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The move comes after the U.N. security council rejected an effort by the United States to extend a weapons embargo on Iran last Friday. Trump told reporters Saturday that snapback sanctions could come as soon as this week.

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“Thirty days after Secretary Pompeo’s notification, a range of U.N. sanctions will be restored, including the requirement that Iran suspend all enrichment-related activities. This will also extend the 13-year arms embargo on Iran,” State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said, calling the decision to not extend the arms embargo an “inexcusable failure.”

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Trump withdrew the U.S. from the Iran nuclear agreement brokered during the Obama administration, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), in May 2018. The move proved controversial and put the U.S. at odds with some of its closest allies.

But the administration argues that despite leaving the deal it remains a party to the resolution that enshrined the JCPOA, the U.N. Security Council Resolution 2231, and retains the right to snapback sanctions if it believes Iran is violating the terms of the agreement.

  The Hill
That's some shady shit. I disavow that deal, but since I was a party to its origin, I retain rights to decide its path forward forever. Where else in the world does a deal like that exist?
[A] snapback of U.N. sanctions is unlikely to garner support from the majority of Security Council nations amid overwhelming opposition to the U.S.’s resolution to extend the arms embargo. Only the Dominican Republic voted with the U.S. on extending the embargo while 11 nations abstained and two voted no.

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In a briefing with reporters, [Pompeo] said that the sanctions will be a “fully valid, enforceable U.N. Security Council resolution” and “that they’ll be enforced just like every other U.N. Security Council resolution that is in place.”
I guess we're about to find out.

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