The speaker of Iran’s Parliament, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, threatened foreign countries on Sunday that choose to abide by restored United Nations sanctions on the rogue state, insisting Iran will enact a “reciprocal response” to reduced economic engagement.
Qalibaf — as well as members of the Iranian Foreign Ministry and armed forces — responded this weekend to the reimposition of “snapback” sanctions by the United Nations Security Council, restoring sanctions predating the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), President Barack Obama’s Iran nuclear deal. The sanctions returned to vigor on Saturday after the three European powers in the JCPOA — France, the United Kingdom, and Germany — voted to begin the process to restore them in August. The countries made the move after the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency, voted to hold Iran in violation of international law in June in response to its illicit uranium enrichment and
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