Iran’s foreign minister in a letter to the U.N. Security Council said the U.S. has no right to demand the restoration of U. …
Iran’s foreign minister in a letter to the U. N. Security Council said the U. S. has no right to demand the restoration of U. N. sanctions against Iran, the Foreign Ministry’s website said Friday. Mohammad Javad Zarif said the U. S. lost the right to make demands in 2018 when it withdrew from the nuclear deal between Iran and major world powers. He also said America’s unilateral pullout violated a U. N. resolution that required signatories to avoid any damage to the deal. U. S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday officially informed the U. N. it is demanding the restoration of all U. N. sanctions on Iran, but allies and opponents declared the U. S. action illegal and doomed to failure. Pompeo insisted the United States has the legal right to “snap back” U.
