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Trump to trigger 'snapback' of Iran sanctions

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U.S. seeks revived Iran sanctions

President Trump said the U.S. on Thursday will demand "a snapback" of all United Nations sanctions against Iran for violating the 2015 nuclear deal, even though the U.S. withdrew from it two years ago.

"Mark it down, Iran will never have a nuclear weapon," Trump said on Wednesday. "We paid a fortune for a failed concept, a failed policy that would have made it impossible to have peace in the Middle East."

The move tees up a likely clash between the Trump administration and other Security Council members, including Russia and China—and allies Britain and France—who oppose restoring sanctions and argue the U.S. can't invoke the process from an accord it already quit.

The Trump administration says it remains a participant of the JCOPA for purposes of a snapback, a provision in the deal created in the event Tehran violated it. "We have every expectation that every country in the world will live up to its obligations," Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said.

Last summer, international inspectors confirmed Iran had stockpiled enriched uranium beyond agreed upon limits, prompting Britain, France and Germany to formally accused Iran of breaking the accord.

Experts say, the U.S. attempt is "likely to create deadlock at the Security Council," and the goal of the Trump administration's "maximum pressure" campaign is clear: "Kill the deal or make it that much harder for a successor administration to rejoin it."

$ignificant figures

367. Gov. Gavin Newsom blamed that many active fires in California, including 23 major blazes, on "this extraordinary weather we're experiencing" after the state recorded 11,000 lightning strikes in 72 hours.

20,000. Iran surpassed that many coronavirus deaths, the health ministry said—the highest toll for any Middle East country so far—as the Islamic Republic began university entrance exams for over 1 million students.

$2 trillion. Apple made Wall Street history on Wednesday, becoming the first U.S. company to exceed that market value after its 2020 stock more than doubled since the pandemic-induced recession in March.

Highly quotable

"No intention of replacing the sorting machines." Pelosi slammed Louis DeJoy's "misleading" remarks that he'd halt USPS changes until after the election, saying he "admitted" he won't restore key infrastructure.

"In solidarity with the people of Belarus." EU leaders rejected President Lukashenko's re-election and warned of financial sanctions over vote fraud and the abuse of protesters, while backing democratic rights for protesters.

"Misconceptions." Goodyear replied to Trump's call to boycott its tires for "banning MAGA hats," saying it only told workers to avoid showing support for a political party or "advocacy outside racial justice and equity issues."

This is not normal

Stormier season. Atlantic cyclones in 2020, including 11 named storms since May, are forming faster than any other year, eclipsing the record pace of 2005 when Hurricane Katrina and 27 more roared from the ocean.

The future is now

Auto-sanitized. A Danish design student developed a reusable self-cleaning face mask that has a UV light woven into the fabric and linked to an electric wire and power supply to kill any virus that lands on it.

What's good

Found. A mouse-sized Somali elephant shrew, a rubber-nosed mammal relative of aardvarks and elephants, was rediscovered in Djibouti in Africa marking the first scientific sighting of the "lost species" since 1968.

 

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