The U.S. Secretary of State stressed that partners in the UN Security Council are working to prevent this after the end of the arms embargo.
Washington is ready to take any measures to prevent Tehran from acquiring Russian or Chinese armored vehicles after the end of the arms embargo. This was stated on Thursday by U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo in an interview with journalist Lars Larson, the transcript was published by the press service of the U.S. Foreign Ministry.
Speaking about the authorities of Iran, Pompeo noted that the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, “when October this year comes, will do everything possible to make sure that they can not buy tanks and armored vehicles from Russia or China.
Regarding the prospects for Iran to acquire weapons after the embargo expires, the U.S. Secretary of State added: “The positive thing is that the UN Security Council (SC) resolution gives us an opportunity to make sure that this will not happen. And we are working with our Chinese, Russian, British, French partners in the Security Council and even more broadly across the UN to make sure that they all agree to prevent this from happening as of October 18 this year.”
The New York Times reported April 26 that the U.S. intends to try to get the UN Security Council to adopt a draft resolution preserving the arms embargo on Tehran under the Joint Comprehensive Action Plan (JCAP) for Iran’s nuclear programme. On March 3, the Russian Foreign Ministry issued a comment noting that the UN Security Council should not discuss the extension of the arms embargo.