Biden withdraws Trump’s restoration of UN sanctions on Iran

Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The US is withdrawing former president Donald Trump’s restoration of UN sanctions on Iran (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/AP)

The Biden administration on Thursday rescinded former president Donald Trump’s restoration of UN sanctions on Iran, an announcement that could help Washington move toward rejoining the 2015 agreement aimed at curbing the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program.

Acting US Ambassador Richard Mills sent a letter to the UN Security Council on behalf of President Joe Biden saying the US “hereby withdraws” three letters from the Trump administration culminating in its September 19 announcement that it had re-imposed UN sanctions on Tehran.