US set for showdown with UN over snapback sanctions on Iran
The sanctions, including an arms embargo, were removed in exchange for the 2015 agreement with Iran that it would halt its nuclear weapons program.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to reporters following a meeting with members of the U.N. Security Council about Iran's alleged non-compliance with a nuclear deal and calling for the restoration of sanctions against Iran as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft listens at U.N.(photo credit: REUTERS/MIKE SEGAR/POOL)