The United States again proposes a draft of the Iranian arms embargo, the Iranian President: the Iranian arms embargo violates the Iran nuclear agreement

  [Global Times reporter Ren Zhong, Liu Yupeng, Chen Xiang] The fiercer battle around the Iran nuclear agreement kicked off. According to a report by the Iranian National News Agency on the 12th, Kraft, the US Permanent Representative to the United Nations, submitted a condensed draft to the Security Council on the same day, asking the United Nations to extend the arms embargo on Iran indefinitely. A 7-page, 35-paragraph draft proposed by the United States in June was opposed by diplomats from China, Russia, Britain and France. According to Reuters, the Security Council will vote on the simplified draft proposed by the United States this week, but it is doubtful whether it can be passed. Iranian President Rouhani warned on the 12th that any attempt to extend the arms embargo against Iran violates the Iran nuclear agreement. If the Security Council supports the new draft, its initiators will face serious consequences.

  According to the Associated Press report on the 12th, according to the Iran nuclear agreement, the arms embargo on Iran will expire in October this year. Some provisions in the draft proposed by the United States in June were opposed because they exceeded the scope of the arms embargo, including authorizing all UN member states to inspect goods entering or transiting from Iran at airports, customs and free trade zones, as long as the members China "has reasonable grounds to believe that the goods contain prohibited items." Another clause condemned the attacks on Saudi Arabia in September 2019 and the attacks on Iraqi military bases and the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad in December 2019, stating that Iran is responsible for this. The latest condensed draft submitted by the United States has only 4 paragraphs.

  Qatar Al Jazeera said on the 13th that Kraft said that the new draft "considered the opinions of the Security Council and did what everyone knows should be done-to expand the arms embargo and prevent Iran from freely buying and selling conventional weapons. As the world's number one support for terrorism" It’s common sense that Iran should not be given the means that can cause more harm.” She said: “If the arms embargo is not extended, this will be a mockery of the sacred responsibility on which the United Nations was created.” Iran’s permanent presence in the United Nations Representative Ravansi replied on Twitter on the 12th, "The United States was forced to back off from its draft resolution... and proposed another version. Both drafts are similar in nature and objectives, and I believe the Security Council will reject it again. ."

  Al Jazeera stated that the US draft must receive at least 9 votes before it can be passed, and that none of the five permanent members of the Security Council can use the veto, but Russia and China have made it clear that they will use the veto against the draft. Last month, the Russian Foreign Minister and the Chinese Foreign Minister wrote to the UN Secretary-General Guterres and the Security Council respectively, expressing sharp criticisms of the United States’ attempt to extend the arms embargo against Iraq indefinitely. They stated that if any such resolution gets 9 votes and more in favor of the 15 members of the Security Council, they will vote against it.

  Previously, Britain, France, and Germany tried to reach a settlement with Russia and China on the US proposal to extend the arms embargo on Iran, but failed. Reuters quoted a Chinese diplomat from the United Nations as saying that there is no reason to agree with the US proposal because the extension of the Iranian arms embargo lacks a legal basis and will undermine efforts to maintain the Iran nuclear agreement. Russian Satellite News Agency quoted Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov as saying on the 13th that the US has no objective reason for raising the issue of arms embargo on Iran. He said that the "licensing procedure" for the supply of military technology and equipment to Iran is temporary. This was done to initiate the Iran nuclear agreement, which is now of no practical significance. Continuing to restrict the supply of weapons to Iran after October 18, 2020 "has never been planned and there is no legal or other reason to modify this understanding."

  According to the Washington Post, according to the forecast of the US Defense Intelligence Agency, if the arms embargo is lifted, Iran may try to purchase Russian Su-30 fighter jets, Yak-130 trainers and T-90 tanks. US Secretary of State Pompeo said that if their resolution is rejected, the US will invoke the "immediate restoration" mechanism in the Iran nuclear agreement to restore all UN sanctions against Iran.

  Russian Satellite News Agency quoted Russian orientalist Pankladenko’s analysis on the 12th, saying that expanding the arms embargo on Iran is now a major task of the entire anti-Iranian front, which extends from the United States to the Persian Gulf and then to Israel. In order to achieve this goal, the United States does its best to lobby other countries. The UN Security Council will also wage a fierce contest for this. Some analysts believe that since the US proposal will eventually be vetoed by China and Russia, the US has begun to consider how to circumvent the Security Council and impose sanctions on Iran. As a result, the United States has only one option of imposing unilateral sanctions. In the future, no matter what the outcome of the bill proposed by the United States is, the United States will not allow any weapons to be shipped to Iran. The confrontation between the United States, Russia and China on the Iranian nuclear issue will enter a new stage.