{"id":89067,"date":"2020-09-21T06:54:40","date_gmt":"2020-09-21T11:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/?p=89067"},"modified":"2020-09-21T06:54:40","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T11:54:40","slug":"auto-draft-214","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/en\/2020\/09\/21\/auto-draft-214\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran: US declares unilateral return of UN sanctions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-89068 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pompeo-Mask-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pompeo-Mask-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pompeo-Mask-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pompeo-Mask.jpg 600w, https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pompeo-Mask-24x16.jpg 24w, https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pompeo-Mask-36x24.jpg 36w, https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pompeo-Mask-48x32.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>DW \u2014 Washington said the arms embargo against Iran was permanently extended and the US would take action against UN members that didn&#8217;t comply with the sanctions. European nations called the move &#8220;incapable of legal effect.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<div class=\"longText\">\n<p>US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Saturday that &#8220;virtually all UN sanctions have returned on Iran.&#8221;\u00a0Pompeo said the measures included a permanent extension of an arms embargo on Iran.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Pompeo said the US would announce more measures to &#8220;strengthen enforcement of UN sanctions on Iran.&#8221;\u00a0He said that\u00a0maximum pressure would continue until Iran stopped spreading &#8220;chaos, violence and bloodshed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"picBox full\">\n<div id=\"twtr-1307471023856590850\" class=\"group embeddedTweet\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1307471023856590850&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dw.com%2Fen%2Firan-us-declares-unilateral-return-of-un-sanctions%2Fa-54991815&amp;siteScreenName=dwnews&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=219d021%3A1598982042171&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1307471023856590850\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The US said it would &#8220;impose consequences&#8221; if other member states of the UN did not comply with the sanctions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If UN member states fail to fulfill their obligations to implement these sanctions, the United States is prepared to use our domestic authorities to impose consequences for those failures and ensure that\u00a0Iran\u00a0does not reap the benefits of UN-prohibited activity,&#8221; said Pompeo.<\/p>\n<p><em>Read more:<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/us-un-iran-sanctions\/a-54641556\">US starts procedure at UN to reactivate Iran sanctions<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Opposition against US\u00a0move<\/h2>\n<p>Pompeo&#8217;s statement followed hours after Iran&#8217;s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, said the world community should oppose the US\u00a0use of sanctions and imposition of its will as a &#8220;bully&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"picBox full\nrechts\n\"><a class=\"overlayLink init\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/iran-us-declares-unilateral-return-of-un-sanctions\/a-54991815#\" rel=\"nofollow\"> <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran's foreign minister, Javad Zarif (picture-alliance\/abaca\/SalamPix)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/image\/52739488_401.jpg\" alt=\"Iran's foreign minister, Javad Zarif (picture-alliance\/abaca\/SalamPix)\" \/> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Iran&#8217;s foreign minister, Javad Zarif<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;They (other countries) will face the same thing tomorrow when America takes the same action towards the Nord Stream project, as well as other projects because a bully will continue to act as a bully if he is allowed to do it once,&#8221; said Zarif.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, the UK, France and Germany said that UN sanctions relief for Iran would\u00a0continue after September 20 \u2014 the\u00a0deadline set by the US to reimpose sanctions. The trio of European nations, who were also party to the 2015 nuclear deal the US pulled out of, said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/uk-france-germany-oppose-us-deadline-to-reimpose-sanctions-on-iran\/a-54983869\">reimposing sanctions on Iran would be &#8220;incapable of legal effect.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DW \u2014 Washington said the arms embargo against Iran was permanently extended and the US would take action against UN members that didn&#8217;t comply with the sanctions. 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