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United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo today (20 Aug) notified the United Nations that the US will reinstate sanctions on Iran, previously lifted under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), known as the Iran nuclear deal. UNIFEED
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STORY: UN / IRAN POMPEO WRAP
TRT: 03:45
SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 20 AUGUST 2020, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

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FILE - NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, United Nations Headquarters

20 AUGUST 2020, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo walks up to podium
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Pompeo, Secretary of State, United States:

“The one-sided, foolish nuclear deal didn’t bring security for America. It didn’t bring stability to the Middle East, nor did it moderate the regime’s behaviour. And it never can. It never will. Today’s actions puts additional pressure on Iran to behave like a normal country and to come back to the bargaining table. We call on the international community to join us in crafting a stronger deal that addresses the full range of Iran’s behaviour and protects people of all nations that simply want to live free from Iranian predation.”

4. Wide shot, Pompeo at the podium

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Pompeo, Secretary of State, United States:

“Our friends in Germany, France and the United Kingdom, the E3, all told me privately that the don’t want the arms embargo lifted either. And yet today, in the end they provided no alternatives, no options. No country but the United States has had the courage and conviction to put forward a solution. Instead they chose to side with the ayatollahs. Their actions endanger the people of Iraq, of Yemen, of Lebanon, of Syria, and indeed their own citizens as well.”

6. Wide shot, Pompeo at the podium

7. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Pompeo, Secretary of State, United States:

“It is not the case that a political agreement arranged by a group of parties, including the United States, can undo the amazing work of the UN Security Council. No resolution can be altered unilaterally by any country. Not by Iran, not by Russia, not China, and nor by the United States. Security Council resolutions can only be changed by subsequent Security Council resolutions. And so, we think this is really straight forward, we think this is very simple. These UN Security Council resolutions will come back into place 31 days from now, and the United States will vigorously enforce them.”

8. Wide shot, Iranian Ambassador Majid Takht-Ravanchi walks up to podium

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations

“Today the US attempted to mislead the international community by resorting to lies and fabrications supposedly initiate a mechanism under resolution 2231. According to conclusive legal facts, there US is not a JCPOA participant and has no right to trigger the so-called snap-back mechanism and its arbitrary interpretation of resolution 2231 cannot change this reality.”

10. Med shot, Takht-Ravanchi at the podium

11. SOUNDBITE (English) Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations

“This is nothing but legal and political bullying. Through political manoeuvring, media campaign, and creating legal confusion, The US wants to create a self-arrogated right which does not exist. The US has not such right because it has officially ceased, as President Trump said, its participation in the JCPOA, and in practice, since May 8th, 2018, it has not participated in any JCPOA related meetings, events and activities.”

12. Med shot, Takht-Ravanchi at the podium

13. SOUNDBITE (English) Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations

“The US has no legal argument watshover to present itself as a participant of the JPOA. The US has no legal, no political support within the Security Council and we are definitely confident that the Security Council will reject the latest US move.”

14. Wide shot, Takht-Ravanchi walks away

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United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo today (20 Aug) notified the United Nations that the US will reinstate sanctions on Iran, previously lifted under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), known as the Iran nuclear deal.

Speaking to the press after presenting a letter to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and to the President of the Security Council, Pompeo said, “the one-sided, foolish nuclear deal didn’t bring security for America. It didn’t bring stability to the Middle East, nor did it moderate the regime’s behaviour. And it never can. It never will. Today’s actions puts additional pressure on Iran to behave like a normal country and to come back to the bargaining table. We call on the international community to join us in crafting a stronger deal that addresses the full range of Iran’s behaviour and protects people of all nations that simply want to live free from Iranian predation.”

The Secretary of State said, “no country but the United States has had the courage and conviction to put forward a solution.”

Other countries, he said, “chose to side with the ayatollahs. Their actions endanger the people of Iraq, of Yemen, of Lebanon, of Syria, and indeed their own citizens as well.”

Pompeo said, “we think this is really straight forward, we think this is very simple. These UN Security Council resolutions will come back into place 31 days from now, and the United States will vigorously enforce them.”

Also speaking to reporters, Iran’s Ambassador Majid Takht-Ravanchi said, the US “attempted to mislead the international community by resorting to lies and fabrications supposedly initiate a mechanism under resolution 2231.

Takht-Ravanchi said, “this is nothing but legal and political bullying. Through political manoeuvring, media campaign, and creating legal confusion, The US wants to create a self-arrogated right which does not exist. The US has not such right because it has officially ceased, as President Trump said, its participation in the JCPOA, and in practice, since May 8th, 2018, it has not participated in any JCPOA related meetings, events and activities.”

The Ambassador said, “the US has no legal argument watshover to present itself as a participant of the JPOA. The US has no legal, no political support within the Security Council and we are definitely confident that the Security Council will reject the latest US move.”

The JCPOA agreement, reached by Iran and the P5+1 (China France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States) was endorsed by UN Security Council Resolution 2231, adopted on July 20, 2015.

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