Alone among nations, US moves to restore UN Iran sanctions
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference to announce the Trump administration's restoration of sanctions on Iran, Monday, Sept. 21, 2020, at the U.S. State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, third from left, steps back after speaking as Defense Secretary Mark Esper, second from right, prepares to speak at a news conference to announce the Trump administration's restoration of sanctions on Iran, Monday, Sept. 21, 2020, at the U.S. State Department in Washington. Also pictured are from left, National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, Mnuchin, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Esper and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi sits in a press briefing with Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Rafael Mariano Grossi in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020. Salehi said his country wont accept any additional demands beyond its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal. The statement on Tuesday came as the chief of the U.N. nuclear watchdog was visiting Iran. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP)People sit at desks keeping social distance during the general conference of the IAEA, in Vienna, Austria, Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)A cleric and his friends wearing protective face masks to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus cross an intersection in downtown Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020. Iran's president dismissed U.S. efforts to restore all U.N. sanctions on the country as mounting economic pressure from Washington pushed the local currency down to its lowest level ever on Sunday. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Rafael Mariano Grossi, top second right, attends a meeting with head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi, bottom left, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020. Others are unidentified. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP)
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference to announce the Trump administration's restoration of sanctions on Iran, Monday, Sept. 21, 2020, at the U.S. State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)