China News Service, September 22. According to Reuters, the United States announced on the 21st that it will impose new sanctions on Iran’s Ministry of Defense and other personnel involved in Iran’s nuclear and weapons programs. Many countries have expressed opposition.
Data map: On December 23, 2019 local time, the head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salish inspected the Arak nuclear water reactor south of Tehran.
Iran stated that the new sanctions imposed by the United States against 27 Iranian entities and personnel in the nuclear, missile, and conventional weapons sectors will not produce any effect, and accused the United States of "showing the limelight."
The latest sanctions against Iran, including an executive order signed by US President Trump, target people who buy or sell Iranian conventional weapons.
According to reports, the reason for the new sanctions imposed by the United States is that the UN arms embargo on Iran is about to expire.
The United States is also trying to warn other countries that if they buy or sell weapons to Iran, they will face US sanctions.
U.S. entities have been banned from conducting such trade.
The other parties to the Iran nuclear agreement and most of the UN Security Council members have stated that the actions of the United States have no legal effect.
Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif called his US statement "nothing new."
In July 2015, Iran reached an Iran nuclear agreement with the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany.
According to the agreement, Iran promised to restrict its nuclear program and the international community lifted sanctions against Iran.
The Security Council subsequently passed Resolution 2231, approving the Iran nuclear agreement.
The eleventh operative paragraph of the resolution contains the content of the "rapid restoration of sanctions" mechanism, but stipulates that only participants in the Iran nuclear agreement can activate the mechanism.