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Pompeo initiates snapback of Iran sanctions at UN

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the United States was left with no alternatives following its failed bid at the UN Security Council to extend an arms embargo on Iran.
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The United States has initiated the process of restoring United Nations sanctions on Iran, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Thursday, despite concerns among Security Council members that it lacks the authority to do so.

“The process to reimpose sanctions on Iran begins,” Pompeo said in a tweet Thursday, adding that he notified the council “of something we all know too well—Iran's failure to meet its commitments under the terrible nuclear deal.”

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