Washington activates procedure at UN to restore anti-Iran sanctions

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Mike Pompeo's visit to the UN Thursday afternoon. The head of American diplomacy was keen to mark the occasion to deliver a letter by hand to the head of the Security Council, notifying Iran's non-compliance with the nuclear agreement. And by a very controversial procedure, the United States aims to reinstate international sanctions against Tehran.

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With our correspondent in New York, Carrie Nooten

By coming to New York, Mike Pompeo triggered a strategy that the United States had been announcing for several weeks, but which remains very controversial within the UN. After notifying the head of the Security Council of Tehran's non-compliance with the nuclear agreement, the JCPoA, Washington would like the international community to follow it up and restore UN sanctions.

For this, the United States would like to activate the almost automatic mechanism provided for in the “snapback” agreement. But now, China and Russia, allies of Iran, will refuse. And above all, Donald Trump had signified the exit of the United States from the agreement in May 2018, which would not give him any right to use this maneuver.

On the other hand, by sowing doubt within the Council, the Americans risk weakening this JCPoA which they despise but is still defended by the French, British and Germans. And above all, to sow confusion and create dissension at the UN. But according to several observers, the head of the Council could, after consulting the other members of the Council, dismiss the American complaint. The United States could once again be very isolated on the international scene.

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