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DW \u2014 President Rouhani said its arch-rival faces “maximum isolation” after major powers dismissed a US declaration that UN sanctions on Iran were back in force. Washington plans to hit its foe with more penalties on Monday.<\/p>\nDW \u2014 President Rouhani said its arch-rival faces “maximum isolation” after major powers dismissed a US declaration that UN sanctions on Iran were back in force. Washington plans to hit its foe with more penalties on Monday.<\/p>\n
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday hit back at US assertions that United Nations\u00a0sanctions on Tehran\u00a0were back in force under a “snapback” mechanism<\/a>.<\/p>\n France, Germany and Britain on Sunday joined Iran in dismissing the assertion.<\/p>\n The US is set to announce penalties on Monday for more than two dozen people and entities involved in Iran’s nuclear, missile and conventional arms programs, to back-up the UN sanctions it says are now in place once again.<\/p>\n The push from Washington to sanction Tehran is the latest in a series seeking to stem Iran’s atomic program, that US ally Israel views as an existential threat.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/em>\u00a0Iran’s new attempt to introduce ‘military control’ over social networks<\/a><\/p>\n The “snapback” mechanism was included in the landmark 2015 nuclear treaty, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) signed by the UN Security Council\u00a0five permanent members Britain, China, France, Russia, the US, as well as Germany and Iran.<\/p>\n Under the\u00a0deal, the EU and other signatories agreed to lift crippling international sanctions in exchange for Tehran dismantling its atomic program.<\/p>\n According to Washington, the “snapback” mechanism means virtually all UN sanctions took\u00a0effect again at 8 p.m. on Saturday\/0000 UTC on Sunday.<\/p>\n The US announced it was triggering the snapback on August 20, despite having withdrawn from the JCPOA in 2018, with Trump saying the deal was insufficient.<\/p>\n Almost every other Security Council\u00a0member disputes Washington’s ability to execute the snapback.<\/p>\n “We can say that America’s ‘maximum pressure’ against Iran, in its political and legal aspect, has turned into America’s maximum isolation,” Iran’s president said in a televised cabinet meeting.<\/p>\n Rouhani thanked Security Council members who had “stood against America’s illegal request” and said if remaining signatories let Iran access the deal’s economic benefits, Iran would reinstate nuclear commitments it had dropped in response to the US withdrawal.<\/p>\n He praised the UNSC’s approach to the issue as “very valuable” as it ignored “America’s request [and] held no session to consider their request.”<\/p>\nWhat is the snapback mechanism?<\/h2>\n
What did Rouhani say?<\/h2>\n