The United States’ most prominent Western allies refuse to fall into step with its push to snap back the United Nations sanctions against Iran. On Thursday, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany said they could not support the US move, describing the action as incompatible with efforts to support the ...
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, in a telephone conversation with the UN secretary-general, denounced as illegal the US’ push to reinstate the UN sanctions on Tehran by resorting to the snapback mechanism in the 2015 nuclear deal, already scrapped by Washington. In the telephone conversation on Thursday, UN Secretary-General ...