BBC:
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has accused European allies of „siding with the ayatollahs“ after they said the US could not reimpose sanctions on Iran.
The UK, France and Germany said the US did not have the legal right to trigger „snapback“ sanctions because it pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal in 2018.
The US has controversially initiated a process at the UN Security Council to reinstate the UN sanctions.
They were lifted under the landmark 2015 nuclear agreement.
„No country but the United States has had the courage and conviction to put forward a resolution. Instead, they chose to side with the ayatollahs,“ Mr Pompeo said after formally submitting a complaint accusing Iran of non-compliance with the deal.
