France, Germany and the U.K. have begun the process to reimpose U.N. sanctions against Iran after accusing the country of failing to meet safeguards around its nuclear program (see 2508150010). The snapback sanctions, if implemented, would reimpose a host of U.N. restrictions that had been paused under the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
The U.K., France and Germany will support snapback sanctions against Iran if the country doesn’t agree to safeguards around its nuclear program by the end of this month, the three European nations said last week.
Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, took to the Senate floor July 23 to reiterate his call for the U.K., France and Germany to reimpose UN sanctions on Iran for violating its nuclear weapons-related obligations.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee approved several bills July 22 aimed at speeding up the foreign arms sales process, strengthening the Australia-U.K.-U.S. (AUKUS) partnership and enhancing certain Iran sanctions.
The Council of the European Union on July 15 added people and entities to its Iran, Haiti and Moldova sanctions list and renewed the Haiti sanctions regime for another year.
President Donald Trump said June 27 he had been working on a plan to remove Iran sanctions, but he decided against the plan after objecting to comments recently made by Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
President Donald Trump’s comment June 24 that China can now buy Iranian oil despite U.S. sanctions (see 2506240049) drew mixed reactions on Capitol Hill.
President Donald Trump appeared to signal June 24 that the U.S. no longer will sanction China for purchases of Iranian oil.
Two leaders of the House Republican Study Committee urged Congress June 16 to advance sanctions legislation aimed at stopping Iran from developing nuclear weapons and supporting terrorism.
Reps. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Greg Steube, R-Fla., an Iraq War veteran, urged the Trump administration on May 28 to impose a wide range of sanctions on Iraq to curb Iran's influence in the country.