Embargo ends, Iran is ready to buy and sell weapons with ‘many …

TEHERAN – An office Iran said that Tehran is looking forward to being able to re-buy and sell arms with a number of international partners. The reason is, arms embargo The UN that prevented the State of Mullah from doing so will be lifted within days. This development has been condemned by United States (US) who perceive it as undermining global security.

The end of the decade-long UN restrictions, which will take place on Sunday, will come after a largely unsuccessful US campaign to convince countries to oppose the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) or the Iran nuclear accord and UN Security Council resolutions. 2231 accompanying it to extend the ban on Iran’s arms industry.

With Washington’s calls to the UN being ignored, Iran’s permanent mission to the international body says its lack of support for the US initiative demonstrates its position vis-a-vis the international community.(Also read: UN Refuses to Extend Iran Arms Embargo)

“It is very clear that the United Nations – and most of its member states – reject the US’s so-called maximum pressure policy on Iran,” said Iranian spokesman Alireza Miryousefi.

“And that his efforts to further violate the JCPOA and UNSCR 2231 have led to isolation,” he added as quoted by Newsweek, Friday (16/10/2020).

Iran has yet to officially announce a specific country arms deal. Even so, Iranian officials have repeatedly discussed the prospect of doing business with US rivals Russia and China, who have vocally criticized President Donald Trump’s “maximum pressure” campaign to isolate Iran.

Asked if Tehran has a specific country in mind, Miryousefi said his country has options starting on Sunday.(Also read: Britain Value Arms Embargo Could Be ‘Weapon’ To Press Iran)

“Iran has many friends and trading partners, and has a strong domestic arms industry to ensure its defense requirements against foreign aggression,” he said.

“In accordance with the timeline stated in resolution 2231, Iran will be freed from arms restrictions by October 18 at the earliest. Naturally, from that date, we will trade, on the basis of our national interests, with other countries in this field,” he said. .

The US mission to the United Nations did not immediately respond to Newsweek’s request for comment, however, the Trump administration has long argued that Iran’s exemption from arms trade would run counter to its own interests and those of regional partners such as Israel and Saudi Arabia.

Although the US joined Iran along with China, France, Germany, Russia and Britain in 2015 to form the JCPOA, more commonly known as the Iran nuclear deal, the Trump administration canceled the deal in 2018. Trump branded the Islamic Republic the world’s biggest terrorist sponsor. Since then, the US has imposed increasingly harsh sanctions to choke off the Iranian economy.(Watch video: Post-Academo Waste of the Job Creation Law, Becomes a Blessing for Scavengers)

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