The Guardian - President says US will unilaterally reinstate sanctions a day after only two countries voted for prolonging embargo

Donald Trump has vowed to use a contentious provision to unilaterally reinstate UN sanctions on Tehran, following what Iran�s president said was a humiliating defeat for the US in its bid to extend an arms embargo on Tehran.

A day after the UN security council overwhelmingly rejected a US resolution to extend the embargo, Trump said at a news conference at his New Jersey golf club: �We�ll be doing a snapback. You�ll be watching it next week.�

The US president was referring to the contested argument that the US remains a �participant� in the 2015 Iran nuclear deal � despite Trump�s withdrawal from it � and therefore can force a return to sanctions if it sees Iran as being in violation of its terms.

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