Tehran is opposed to raising the arms embargo against Iran at the UN Security Council, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said.
“We hope that this will not come to pass, we feel that this will not happen, but if it does, Iran will respond to this step in a proper and decisive manner”, – Fars Mousavi said answering the question about the US plans to extend the arms embargo against Iran and the possibility of considering the Iranian problem in the UN Security Council.
Earlier, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told the reporters that the current special regime for the supply of arms and military equipment to Iran should expire after a five-year period and there could be no deviation from this decision. At the same time, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo noted that the United States will do everything to extend the arms embargo against Iran and prevent Tehran from purchasing weapons from Russia or China.
Iran and the Six International Negotiators reached a historic agreement in July 2015 to resolve the long-standing problem of the Iranian atom. The months-long negotiations culminated in the adoption of a joint comprehensive action plan (JCPOA), the implementation of which will completely remove Iran’s previously imposed economic and financial sanctions by the UN Security Council, the US and the European Union.
The agreement also provided that the arms embargo will be lifted from Iran within 5 years, arms deliveries are possible earlier, but only with the permission of the UN Security Council. The deal in its original form did not survive even three years: in May 2018, the United States announced a unilateral withdrawal from it and the restoration of stringent sanctions against Tehran.