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US faces tough challenge at UN Security Council over Iran sanctions

The impasse sets the stage for a potential crisis in the Security Council next month

UN Security Council rejects US demand for 'snapback' sanctions on Iran

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo insisted last Thursday that the United States has the legal right to "snap back" UN sanctions

UN nuclear chief's visit to Tehran no link to US push to impose sanctions

Iran said Sunday that an upcoming visit this week by the head of the UN's atomic watchdog agency to Tehran has nothing to do with a US push to impose so-called snapback sanctions on Iran. The Trump administration last week dismissed near-universal opposition to its demand to restore all UN sanctions on Iran, declaring that a 30-day countdown for the snapback of penalties eased under the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers had begun. US allies and foes have joined forces to declare the action illegal and doomed to failure. The US argues that Iran has violated the restrictions imposed on its nuclear programme under the 2015 deal, a charge Tehran has dismissed. Iran's official IRNA news agency quoted on Sunday Iran's envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA, Kazem Gharibadadi, as saying that the visit this week is neither related to the snapback mechanism nor the US demand. Gharibabadi said the visit by the IAEA chief Rafael Grossi comes within the framework

US has no right to demand restoration of UN sanctions against Iran: Zarif

Zarif also said the unilateral pullout by Washington violated a UN resolution that required signatories to avoid any damage to the deal

US would withdraw sanctions if it could reach deal with Iran: Pompeo

ompeo sent a letter to the UN Security Council requesting that it invokes the 2015 nuclear agreement snapback mechanism under Resolution 2231, claiming Iran's non-compliance

Trump threatens 'snapback' curbs on Iran; UAE, Israeli firms sign deal

Trump also said he intended to move next week to trigger a "snapback" of sanctions on Iran at the United Nations

Iran threatens to launch attacks against UAE over deal with Israel

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani condemned the deal, saying the agreement between the two countries is a "betrayal of the Palestinian cause" and the UAE had made a "huge mistake"

UN Security Council soundly defeats US demand to extend Iran arms embargo

The vote in the 15-member council was two in favor, two against and 11 abstentions, leaving it far short of the minimum nine "yes" votes required for adoption

US seizes four Iranian fuel cargoes bound for Venezuela; Tehran denies

Officials in Tehran maintained no Iranian ship or gasoline cargo has been seized

US says Iranian Navy briefly seizes oil tanker near Strait of Hormuz

The Iranian navy held the vessel for some five hours before releasing it Wednesday, said a US military official

Explained: UN to vote on extending arms embargo on Iran. What's at stake?

The United Nations Security Council imposed an arms embargo on Iran in 2007 which is due to expire in mid-October

Iran is No. 1 sponsor of terrorism, says US ahead of UN arms embargo talks

Diplomat says the United States hopes Russia and China will not be co-sponsors of the number one state that sponsors terrorism and will see the importance of peace in the Middle East

US to present UN resolution to extend arms embargo on Iran: Pompeo

"We're not going to let the arms embargo expire on Oct. 18 of this year," Pompeo said at a press briefing

Iran issues arrest warrant for Donald Trump, asks Interpol to help

The United States and Interpol both dismissed the idea of acting on such a warrant.

UN accuses Iran for attacks on Saudi oil facilities, Tehran denies

Iran's Foreign Ministry dismissed the report and said in the statement on Friday that the UN might have prepared the report under the "political pressures" of the United States

US warns nations, insurers against aiding Iran fuel shipments to Venezuela

Venezuelan navy on Thursday escorted a fourth tanker bringing Iranian fuel through its waters to the gasoline-starved country

Trump vetoes Congress resolution restricting military action against Iran

The move marks the seventh time, Trump has used his veto pen including on a previous war powers resolution related to the US military's assistance to Saudi Arabia in Yemen's civil war

'Iran only acts in self-defence': Foreign minister Zarif tells Trump

Iran said Thursday it "only acts in self-defence" after US President Donald Trump warned it and its allies against attacking American troops in Iraq. "Unlike the US -- which surreptitiously lies, cheats & assassinates -- Iran only acts in self-defence," Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted. "Don't be misled by usual warmongers, AGAIN.

Iran hits out at US for not lifting sanctions, Covid-19 deaths cross 3,000

Tehran has repeatedly called on Washington to reverse its policy, which has been opposed by US allies, particularly since the COVID-19 pandemic hit

US govt renews 4 restrictions on Iran's nuclear program for 60 days

The restrictions related to non-proliferation work on the Middle East country are designed to make the Iranian nuclear program less capable of producing weapons.