US says UN sanctions on Iran to be reimposed Saturday. What does that mean?

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[NEW YORK] US President Donald Trump's administration says that on Saturday (2000 EDT/0000 GMT Sunday) all United Nations sanctions on Iran have to be restored and a conventional arms embargo on the country will no longer expire in mid-October. Read more at The Business Times.

The embargo is due to expire on Oct 18, as agreed under the nuclear deal among Iran, Russia, China, Germany, Britain, France and the US that seeks to prevent Tehran from developing nuclear weapons in return for sanctions relief. It is enshrined in a 2015 Security Council resolution.

"We have worked tirelessly to preserve the nuclear agreement and remain committed to do so," the UN envoys for the three countries said in a letter to the Council, seen by Reuters.A return of UN sanctions, a so-called snapback, would require Iran to suspend all nuclear enrichment-related and reprocessing activities, including research and development, and ban imports of anything that could contribute to those activities or to development of nuclear weapon delivery systems.

Under a 2015 UN Security Council resolution enshrining the nuclear deal, the US says that it triggered a 30-day process leading to a snapback of all UN sanctions on Iran. Indonesia, the president of the Security Council for August, said last month that it was"not in the position to take further action" on the US bid to trigger a return of all UN sanctions on Iran because there was no consensus in the body.

 

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