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.
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.
The United States, Iran, Russia, China and the European Union signed the Iran nuclear deal in 2015. The agreement, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), removed sanctions on the Islamic Republic in exchange for its compliance on its nuclear program.
US President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the deal in 2018 and reimposed tough sanctions on Iran as part of a “maximum pressure” strategy. The United States believes Iran is building a nuclear weapon, which Iran denies.
