US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has threatened to once again oppose US sanctions on Iran if the US Security Council does not endorse the indefinite extension of the arms embargo on Tehran, which expires in October.
United Nations - United Nations If the Security Council does not approve a resolution, it will seek a moratorium on Iran, which will extend the stockpile of weapons in Tehran indefinitely and expire in October.
Without taking up arms, "Iran could buy sophisticated weapons systems and become a weapon substitute for terrorists and rogue rulers around the world," Pompeii said at a news conference at the Washington State Department on Wednesday. This is not acceptable. "
The draft proposal was presented with a closed video briefing on Wednesday afternoon for members of the Security Council, a resolution that would end the arms race by US special envoy US Brian Hook and US Ambassador Kelly Kraft.
Tensions between Iran and the US to break out of the 2015 nuclear deal and re-enforce US sanctions have increased in 2018 between Tehran and the six major powers.
A year ago, the United States dispatched tens of thousands of soldiers, long-range bombers and an aircraft carrier from the Middle East in response to the threat of rising Iranian attacks in the region.
The five other powers that signed the nuclear deal - Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany - are in agreement, saying that the deal will continue to be monitored by the International Atomic Energy Agency and prevent Iran from pursuing nuclear weapons.
The lifting of the arms embargo is part of a 2015 Security Council resolution supporting the nuclear deal. The Security Council will discuss the implementation of the resolution on June 30.
Pompeii, who called Iran a "major state sponsor of terrorism", said the US's focus was to work with the Security Council to ratify the resolution.
"But if this does not happen, I will remind the world that the Obama administration officials have made it very clear that the United States has the unilateral ability to lift sanctions," he said.
The 2015 nuclear deal includes all UN sanctions against Iran. Re-establishes sanctions that have violated or lifted the nuclear agreement.
The Foreign Ministry said in its briefing that Hook referred to Iranian arms transfers in violation of current sanctions and "full-scale harm to Iran, including a direct attack on Saudi Arabia in September 2019". On September 14, drone strikes attacked two Saudi Arabian installations, which the U.S.
Russian ambassador to Russia Vasily Nebenzia has declared Moscow's opposition to Iran a new weapon and dismissed the Trump administration's use of the "snapback" clause as "ridiculous."
Nebenzia said that the US withdrew from the agreement and that they had no right to use any of its provisions.
But Pompeii and Kraft insisted that the US retain the right to use the "snap back" clause.
In a closed briefing on Wednesday, diplomats said there was an exchange of views with the US on the one hand and Russia on the other.
Some Western governments are privately fearing that Iran will eliminate IAEA inspectors by maintaining a stockpile of weapons and moving forward in developing nuclear weapons.
The latest IAEA report states that Iran continues to increase its low enrichment uranium reserves in violation of the 2015 nuclear deal.
Tehran said the nuclear deal promised Iran a bailout of sanctions over its nuclear program, notably since the US withdrew in 2018. Iran has regularly and openly violated nuclear sanctions to pressure the rest of the world. Under the pact to increase incentives to remove US sanctions that cripple the economy.
The US resolution, which the Associated Press obtained, prohibits Avatar from supplying, selling, or transferring any weapons or related materials from its territory to Iran after the expiration of October 18.
Iran supplies, sells, transfers, manufactures, maintains or prohibits "arms and related maternity supplies" to other 192 UN member states from purchasing weapons or providing training, financial resources, or assistance to their citizens. Applies. Unless they are approved by the Security Council at least 30 days in advance.
Draft All U.N. Authorizes Member States to inspect cargo entry or transportation from Iran to airports, ports and free trade zones, or if the Member State has reasonable grounds to consider whether a shipment is prohibited.
It also condemns the "Iran" invasion of Saudi Arabia in September 2019 and the Iraqi military base in Kirkuk in December 2019 and the US embassy in Baghdad. And it will "transfer Iran's weapons to the militia and other armed groups in the region" and demand that Iran immediately stop such transfers.
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