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The Foreign Office has lost the plot in the Middle East

The Foreign Office has lost the plot

22 August 2020

9:00 AM

22 August 2020

9:00 AM

Last Friday the UN Security Council rejected any extension of the arms embargo on Iran. That embargo — imposed in 2007 — began to get phased out after the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. But a ‘snapback’ provision was put in place intended to allow the return of åall such sanctions should Iran violate the terms of the deal.

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