...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.President Trump is ramping up a fight with both Iran and U.S. allies with just weeks to go before the presidential election.
The Trump administration insists all United Nations sanctions against Iran will come back into effect Saturday night and has vowed to enforce them even though the vast majority of the Security Council has rejected the United States’ authority to reimpose the sanctions.
The gambit could trigger an escalation with Iran in the final stretch of the election, and risks shining a spotlight on the administration’s increasing isolation on the world stage.
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At issue is the Trump administration’s effort to snap back U.N. sanctions on Iran that were lifted as part of the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and several world powers, formally called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
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Last month, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo invoked the process to snap back sanctions, saying he set off a 30-day clock for the penalties to come into place.
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The United States' European allies, he added, similarly are "driven by the desire to keep the JCPOA on ice in the hopes of a change in Washington's Iran policy" if President Trump loses reelection.
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But every member of the 15-member Security Council except for the Dominican Republic rejected the U.S. standing to force the reimposition of sanctions since Trump withdrew the United States from the nuclear deal in 2018.
Still, the administration holds the rejection means nothing and that legally the sanctions will be back in place at 8 p.m. Saturday.
The Hilll
Saturday, September 19, 2020
The global bully strikes
Labels:
Iran,
JCPOA,
sanctions,
United Nations,
US hegemony
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