Flashback: Biden, Kerry Tout Iran Sanctions ‘Snapback’ Mechanism

patrick.goodenough | August 20, 2020
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo heads to New York on Thursday to initiate a process to “snap back” U.N. sanctions on Iran. The mechanism he’ll be using was touted at the time by Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry as a failsafe, “unique” tool to respond to any Iranian non-compliance of the nuclear deal.