Iran Press/ America: The Trump administration will formally demand on Thursday that the United Nations reimpose sanctions against Iran.
The push sets up a new confrontation at the Security Council, where European allies are resisting the so-called snapback sanctions in a last-ditch attempt to hold together the fraying 2015 Iran's nuclear deal, The New York Times reported.
But diplomats in Europe, China, and Russia — the other powers that brokered the deal during the Obama administration — have questioned the legality of the demand because the United States is no longer part of the nuclear agreement.
Although much of world trade is rooted in US financial institutions, it is unclear how the US will impose UN sanctions alone without European support.
The United States had threatened to use the sanctions snapback provision in the nuclear deal after it lost a bid in the Security Council on Friday to extend an arms embargo on Tehran, which is due to expire in October.
US President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew his country from the international agreement on Tuesday, May 8, 2018, in violation of Washington's commitments under the JCPOA, and announced the return of nuclear sanctions.
Trump's move has drawn widespread domestic and international condemnation.
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