President Hassan Rouhani, with less than a year left of his second term in office; holds firmly to the view that the blame for Iran’s flailing economy can be ascribed to the “sweeping” US sanction.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has laid into European leaders for refusing to help bring back the UN sanctions against Iran.

The United States threatens to trigger a return of all United Nations sanctions on Iran if the UN Security Council does not extend an arms embargo on Tehran that is due to expire in October.