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Simultaneously with the end of the arms embargo on Iran, and despite the rejection by the UN Security Council on August 15 of a draft resolution by the United States to extend this embargo, the Secretary of State of the United States, Mike Pompeo said on Sunday that “the international arms embargo against Tehran remains in effect” and stated that “Washington is ready to use its powers to impose sanctions on any individual or entity involved in buying and selling weapons to Iran.”
Beyond the UN resolution, Pompeo claimed that “almost all UN sanctions have returned to Iran, including the re-imposition of the UN arms embargo.”
He continued: “Consequently, the export of some conventional weapons to Iran is a violation of the United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) of 1929, and the purchase of any weapons or related material from Iran is a violation of the Security Council Resolution 1747 “, according to his accusations. .
“The United States is ready to use its internal authorities and impose sanctions on those who provide technical training, financial support, services and other assistance related to these weapons,” added the US Secretary of State.
Pompeo threatened, saying: “Any country that now defies this embargo will clearly decide to fuel the conflict and tension around promoting peace and security,” he said.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement marking the lifting of the arms embargo imposed on Iran, saying that “ending the arms embargo does not require a declaration or new resolution from the UN Security Council.”
Iran’s Foreign Ministry noted that in contemporary history, “Iran was not the first in any war,” adding that “Tehran calls the attention of all countries in the world to schedule the implementation of Resolution 2231.”
Likewise, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said in its statement that “Washington must abandon its subversive approach towards Resolution 2231 and fully adhere to UN resolutions”, explaining that “it must also stop ignoring international laws and destabilizing the security in the West Asia region “.
This, and the spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Behrouz Kamalondi, said in an interview on Sunday on the occasion of the end of the arms embargo on his country, that “Iranian diplomacy has proven its effectiveness and right.”
For his part, the spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Saeed Khatibzadeh, confirmed, in a tweet on his Twitter account, that “Iran produces more than 90% of its defense needs domestically and does not need to depend on the outside.” .
The European parties that signed the nuclear agreement sent a message to the UN Security Council, made up of 15 member states, in which they said that “any decision or measure to re-impose UN sanctions” will not have legal effect.
On August 15, the UN Security Council rejected a draft resolution by the United States to extend the arms embargo imposed on Iran, and the United States failed in its attempt to pass the draft resolution after Russia and China seized. they opposed, and Great Britain, France, Germany and 8 other members abstained from voting.
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