U.S. Iran arms embargo submitted to UN Security Council for extended resolution August 6 11:59
U.S. Secretary of State Pompei reiterated the threat of Iran over the ban on arms embargo on Iran scheduled for October this year. It has announced that it will submit a resolution to the Security Council to extend the embargo.
The UN ban on Iran from importing and exporting weapons is scheduled to be lifted in October based on a nuclear agreement between Iran and the West five years ago, but the US government strongly opposes this. I am.
Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Pompeio announced at a press conference on May 5 that he would submit a resolution to extend the embargo to the UN Security Council next week.
Pompeio, who pointed out that Iran smuggled weapons into Yemen, where civil war continues, said, "It is the most supportive state of terrorism," and reiterated the threat of Iran, calling for the need to extend the embargo. It was.
However, Russia and China are opposed to extending the embargo.
Pompeio is also poised to revive UN sanctions on Iran lifted by the nuclear agreement if the embargo is not extended, and tensions with Iran are expected to increase.