UN Security Council rejects resolution to extend arms embargo against Iran

UN Security Council rejects resolution to extend arms embargo against Iran Aug 15 11:24

As Iran is a terrorism-supporting state, a resolution was submitted by the United States to the Security Council of the United Nations to extend the embargo on weapons to Iran. It was

The UN's ban on Iran from importing and exporting weapons will be lifted this October based on a nuclear agreement between Iran and the United States and Europe five years ago.

On the other hand, the Trump administration of the United States submitted a resolution to the Security Council, calling for the extension of the embargo because Iran is a state supporting terrorism, such as smuggling weapons to the Yemeni rebels.

The voting was held on the 14th, and of the 15 countries, the United States and the Dominican Republic agreed, but China and Russia opposed it, and the remaining 11 countries such as Britain and France abstained and the nine necessary for adoption. The country was not reached and the resolution was rejected.

At the time of the vote, the United Nations ambassador to the United States Craft said, "The United States has the right to restore the Security Council sanctions against Iran," and the procedure to reactivate the Iran sanctions lifted by Iran's nuclear agreement. He showed that he was willing to take the.

However, Russia and China continue to confront each other, arguing that the United States has quietly left the nuclear agreement and has no right to seek sanctions.

What is the embargo on weapons?

The arms embargo against Iran was resolved by the UN Security Council in 2007 when Iran's alleged nuclear weapons development was a problem, and it was banned from importing and exporting arms with Iran.

When Iran and six countries such as the United States, France, and China signed a nuclear agreement in 2015, the economic sanctions that the international community imposed on Iran were lifted in return for significantly limiting Iran's nuclear development. ..

Also, the arms embargo was decided to be lifted in October, five years after the entry into force of the nuclear agreement.

However, the U.S. Trump administration opposes that it will withdraw from the nuclear agreement in 2018, re-enact economic sanctions, and lift the embargo on weapons, saying it is a nation that supplies terrorist organizations with weapons. And demands extension of measures.

The United States maintained pressure on Iran against the international community by accusing Iran of last year's attacks on tankers in the Persian Gulf and attacks on oil-related facilities in Saudi Arabia. I am asking you to.

It is also wary of Iran's weapons aid to armed groups in the Middle East that are hostile to the United States, and China and Russia providing missiles and air defense systems to Iran.

Iran, on the other hand, regards the lifting of the arms embargo as one of the important outcomes of the nuclear agreement, and if it is lifted, it is likely that it will begin renewing its aging equipment.

As a result, Iran strongly opposes the extension of the measures that the United States is working on.

China and Russia have also shown opposition to US demands, saying that "the US that has left the nuclear agreement is not eligible to extend the measures."