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"The US triggered the 30-day process to restore virtually all UN sanctions on Iran after the Security Council failed to uphold its mission to maintain international peace and security. These sanctions will snap back at midnight GMT on September 20."His tweet comes after 13 council members expressed their opposition to the US bid to trigger a return of all UN sanctions on Iran on Friday.
Pompeo cited the process for sanctions re-imposition outlined in council resolution that enshrined the nuclear deal. Under the terms of that resolution, if a participant in the deal accuses Iran of "significant non-performance," the council must vote affirmatively to continue sanctions relief. The U.S. would veto any such resolution.See also:"If any member of the UN Security Council introduces a resolution to continue sanctions relief, the U.S. will oppose it. If no resolution is introduced, the sanctions on Iran will still return on September 20. That's how UNSCR 2231 works."The EU announced last Friday that the six remaining parties to the JCPOA will meet in Vienna on Sept. 1.
Russia's deputy U.N. ambassador Dmitry Polyansky tweeted Thursday:"Under international law you can't withdraw from an agreement and then claim you can still benefit from its provisions. Under 'rules-based international order' where the rules are defined by the US this seems to be OK provided it serves US interests."
"Now he's doing just that thing, and then, of course, really sadly, discoloring our bipartisanship in terms of our support for Israel, which has always been bipartisan, and we always want it to be. The image is something that's going to say, look at us, we're here in Israel making a speech to the Republican National Convention, violating our values in terms of the bipartisanship and our support for Israel, violating in many ways what he told his own employees."Pelosi also took a nasty shot at First Lady Melania Trump for holding her convention address at the Rose Garden, calling it "ridiculous."
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