US to submit UN resolution to extend Iran arms embargo next week: Pompeo
The arms embargo is set to expire in October as part of the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and major world powers.
The United States will submit a resolution to the United Nations Security Council next week to ensure the arms sale ban on Iran is extended “one way or another,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said today.
“The Security Council’s mission is to maintain international peace and security. The council would make an absolute mockery of that mission if it allowed the No. 1 state sponsor of terrorism to buy and sell weapons freely,” Pompeo said during a briefing with reporters.
The 13-year-old arms embargo on Iran is set to expire Oct. 18 as part of the 2015 nuclear deal that removed most international sanctions in exchange for Iran scaling back its nuclear activity.
Iran allies Russia and China are expected to veto any US-drafted arms embargo extension. Should they do so, Pompeo reiterated the State Department’s position that the United States can invoke a so-called snapback of UN sanctions.
