Report: Pompeo expected to ask UN to reimpose Iran sanctions

Reuters reported that the US Secretary of State is likely to head to UN headquarters in New York on Thursday to ask for the reimposition of sanctions on Tehran.
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US President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference in Bedminster, New Jersey, on Aug. 15, 2020. Trump said he will try a controversial "snapback" to force a return of UN sanctions against Iran after the Security Council rejected Washington's bid to extend the arms embargo against the Islamic Republic. - Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images
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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will likely ask the United Nations to reimpose sanctions on Iran this week, according to Reuters.

Pompeo is expected to travel to New York on Thursday to meet with the UN Security Council, where he will argue that Iran has not complied with the 2015 nuclear deal, thus meriting a return of sanctions, diplomats and a UN official told Reuters.

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