The Trump administration declared Saturday that all U.N. sanctions against Iran have been restored, a move most of the rest of the world rejects as illegal and is likely to ignore
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday said the United Nations will not support reimposing sanctions on Iran as the United States is demanding until he gets a green light from the Security Council.
The U.N. chief said in a letter to the council president obtained Sunday by The Associated Press that there would appear to be uncertainty on whether or not U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo triggered the snapback mechanism in the Security Council resolution that enshrined the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and six major powers.
The Trump administration declared Saturday that all U.N. sanctions against Iran have been restored, a move most of the rest of the world rejects as illegal and is likely to…