TEHRAN - Presidential Chief of Staff Mahmoud Vaezi has said sanctions on Iran's arms imports and exports will be lifted’ next week, calling the development a "major achievement" for Iran.
"The restrictions we have on arms
exports and imports will be lifted next week," Vaezi said during a cabinet
meeting on Wednesday, according to IRNA.
Vaezi said the lifting of the UN arms
embargo was a major achievement, adding: "The embargo was imposed in 2010.
The embargo has been in place for more than ten years and should be lifted’
next week. Will. "
Under the Iran nuclear deal, formally
known as the JCPOA, the UN arms embargo on Iran will end on October 18. The United States has done everything in its power to prevent the arms embargo from
expiring. It has submitted a draft resolution to the UN Security Council
calling for an extension of the arms embargo, but 13 of the 15 members of the
UN Security Council have vehemently rejected the resolution.
The United States has also used the
so-called "snapback mechanism" to reject all UN sanctions on Iran.
This move failed miserably. The United States continued the move despite strong
opposition from all members of the JCPOA and almost all members of the UN Security
Council, who unanimously said that the United States would withdraw from the
nuclear deal on May 8. Has lost the legal authority to activate the process
2018
On September 19, the United States
unilaterally announced the lifting of all UN arms embargoes on Iran, but the international
community rejected the move. However, the United States has threatened
unilateral sanctions against anyone violating UN sanctions.
Vaezi reiterated that lifting the arms
embargo was a major victory for Iran against the United States, which used all
its power to extend the embargo but failed.
He then tried to activate the snapback
mechanism but failed again, adding, "It was also a great success."
"Iran is not a country where the
United States can use its power and capabilities to do what it wants," he
said.
The deputy chairman of the National
Security and Foreign Policy Committee also said that Iran would soon enjoy the
right to buy and sell arms, as the lifting of the arms embargo on the Islamic
Republic was imminent.
In the years following the end of the
JCPOA, the Islamic Republic of Iran complied with international standards.
However, a significant portion of Iran’s privileges and rights has not been
realized’ by the JCPOA member states, "Abbas Moghaddam said, Mohr reported
on Wednesday.
Moghtadaei said that under the JCPOA, the
arms embargo on Iran would soon be lifted’ and Iran would be able to sell arms
to interested parties, and in return, Iran would buy arms and equipment. Which
cannot be produced locally’.
Moghtadaei remarked that "the United
States has withdrawn from the JCPOA, and under no circumstances can it comment
on issues including the lifting of the arms embargo on Iran."
He added that Iran is an independent
country that has always fulfilled its international obligations and can now
enforce legal action under international law.
The JCPOA ratifying UN Security Council
Resolution 2231 was signed’ on July 14, 2018, between Iran, the United States,
the United Kingdom, Germany, France, the European Union, Russia, and China.
However, US President Donald Trump abandoned the agreement. On May 8, 2018, in
pursuit of what he called the "maximum pressure" policy against Iran.
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