Trump Risks Crisis at UN by Turning to Iran Deal He Shredded

  • Threat to ‘snap back’ sanctions under accord that Trump quit
  • Fight will begin with U.S. push to extend Iran arms deal ban
President Trump and Michael Pompeo.Photographer: Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg
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More than two years after President Donald Trump quit the multinational nuclear deal with Iran, his administration is risking a crisis at the United Nations by threatening to reimpose international sanctions that were eased under that accord.

It’s a threat that could produce an outcome that once was unthinkable: pushing allies such as Germany and France to side with Russia and China in the UN Security Council, leaving the U.S. isolated.