Politics
U.S. Targets Expiring Iran Arms Embargo at Risk of Angry Allies
- Trump’s administration weighs invoking the Iran deal he quit
- Not many countries buy the argument, European diplomats say
U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo.
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The Trump administration is escalating tensions with allies as it seeks to renew a UN arms embargo on Iran that’s set to expire this year, threatening to kill what’s left of the nuclear agreement the U.S. quit two years ago if countries don’t go along.
Officials including Secretary of State Michael Pompeo are warning that the U.S. could try to force a “snapback” of sanctions against Tehran by all United Nations Security Council members as part of the 2015 Iran nuclear accord if the arms embargo is allowed to expire in October.