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Intel: Pompeo says US to trigger snapback sanctions on Iran 'soon'

The Donald Trump administration will "soon" act on its threat to trigger a return of international sanctions on Iran, Secretary of State Pompeo said Wednesday after the United States lost its bid to indefinitely extend an arms embargo on Tehran.
US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo listens to a reporter's question during a press conference with Iraq's Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein at the State Department in Washington, DC on August 19, 2020. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

The Donald Trump administration will “soon” act on its threat to trigger a return of international sanctions on Iran, Secretary of State Pompeo said Wednesday, days after the United States lost its bid to indefinitely extend an arms embargo on Tehran. 

“The president’s made clear we’re going to do that soon, and we will,” Pomepo said during a joint press briefing with Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein. “We have every expectation they will be enforced just like every other UN Security Council resolution.” 

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