France Blocks UN Iran Sanctions Lift Without Paris Approval

🇫🇷 PARIS — Tehran's sanctions relief just acquired a European veto no one put in the MOU. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: France holds a UN Security Council veto, meaning Barrot's statement isn't posturing — it's a hard procedural block. The MOU promised sanctions relief; UN snapback suspension requires P5 consensus. Paris extracting a formal approval role inserts France into a deal it didn't sign, forcing Washington to negotiate with an ally it sidelined at Geneva.