Trump, US face pivotal UN vote on Iran
Sunday, August 9, 2020 | Tag Cloud Tags: Iran, Iran Nuclear Deal, Islam, News, nuclear, Nuclear Deal, sanctions, Trump, United Nations, United States, Worthy News | Learn about our FREE SYNDICATION Service | Sign up for our Worthy Briefs! | Printer Friendly
(Worthy News) – The Trump administration’s Iran strategy will face a key test this week as the United States calls for a vote at the United Nations on its resolution to extend an arms embargo against the Islamic Republic.
If the resolution fails — which experts say is the most likely scenario — the Trump administration has threatened to invoke snapback sanctions, which supporters of the Iran nuclear deal fear will be the agreement’s death knell.
The gambit also risks further alienating the United States from its allies, which continue to support the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal and have rebuffed the Trump administration’s so-called maximum pressure campaign against Tehran. [ Source: The Hill (Read More…) ]
Latest Worthy News
Israel’s Airstrikes Cripple Key Parts of Iran’s Nuclear Program—but Fordow Remains a Major Challenge
U.S. Sends Nimitz, Destroyers, and Refueling Fleet Toward Middle East as Israel-Iran War Intensifies
Fair Use Notice:This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.