“Thanks to a nuclear agreement with Iran, countries like Russia and China will be able to sell conventional weapons to Iran. The Iranian regime is also free to sell weapons to anyone. This will lead to a new arms race in the Middle East, ”RIA Novosti quoted Hook as saying.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin said the treaty on the reduction and limitation of strategic offensive arms (START III) is the latest instrument to limit the arms race.
On October 1, Putin, at a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani, expressed his support for the issue of compliance with the nuclear deal, and stressed that Russia is making efforts to fully fulfill its responsibilities under the JCPOA.