Donald Trump vows to push through 'snapback' sanctions on Iran

U.S. President Donald Trump said that he intended to push through a “snapback” of sanctions on Iran, a day after the UN Security Council rejected a U.S. effort to extend a UN arms embargo on Tehran. “We’ll be doing a snapback,” Trump said during a news conference at his New Jersey golf club on Saturday. “You’ll be watching it next week.” The U.S. president was apparently referring to the contentious argument that the U.S. remains a “participant” in the 2015 Iran nuclear deal - despite having withdrawn from it in 2018 - and can therefore unilaterally force a return to sanctions if Washington considers that Iran has violated the terms of the deal. The nuclear deal, which was signed in July 2015, has been under massive pressure since the U.S. withdrawal, although major signatories including the UK, France and Germany remain committed.