Pompeo urges unity on Iran ahead of UN arms embargo vote

As members of the UN Security Council voted remotely on a U.S. resolution to prolong the embargo that is widely expected to fail, Pompeo said it was "nuts" to allow Iran to buy and sell weapons at will. Pompeo spoke well before an announcement of the results of the vote, which many diplomats believe will end in an embarrassing defeat for the Trump administration.

"We're urging the whole world to join us. This isn't about the JCPOA," Pompeo said, using the acronym for the nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Grossi said Iran had still not granted his agency access to certain sites. "I requested Iran to grant us access," he said. "This hasn't happened yet, but we are working, we're working on that. My objective is to get this access to continue the verification work, which is essential for the international community."

American officials, including Pompeo, have said failure to extend the embargo will likely be met by the U.S. invoking the so-called snapback procedure that would reimpose all UN sanctions lifted by the nuclear deal. The other participants maintain the U.S. no longer has standing to invoke the snapback since it withdrew from the deal, but Washington argues that it retains that right as an original participant and permanent member of the Security Council, which endorsed the deal.

The foreign ministers of Russia and China, in separate letters to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the Security Council last month, were sharply critical of the U.S. effort to indefinitely extend the arms embargo. They gave every indication they would veto any such resolution if necessary.

I wouldn’t believe a word this shyster ot the US says about anything! I hope the UN is not stupid enough to follow this Clown or the current US admin!

Every country should have a right to trade. Human rights. China stops some trade with the US crops and The American Government pays Billions to farmers. Can you imagine if everyone did the same to the States.

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