Spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Monday that 18 October 2020, when bans on Iran's export and import of arms will be overturned will be "the day of US defeat". October 18 will be the day of US defeat, Khatibzadeh said at his weekly press briefing in Tehran. Despite its bullying and deceit, the US could ...

MNA IRGC Aerospace Force Commander Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh said on Monday that removal of the arms embargo will open a door for Iran to export its defense equipment. He told reporters that today, Iran does not rely on foreigners in supplying its required weapons and is self-sufficient in this sector. Being questioned about the US ...

Reuters | Steve Holland, Arshad Mohammed: The United States on Monday will sanction more than two dozen people and entities involved in Irans nuclear, missile and conventional arms programs, a senior U.S. official said, putting teeth behind U.N. sanctions on Tehran that Washington argues have resumed despite the opposition of allies and adversaries....

DW: The United States' embargo proposal faced strong opposition from China and Russia. The Iran arms embargo is set to end in October 2020. The UNSecurity Council rejected the United States' calls for an indefinite extension to the arms embargo on Iran on Friday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement. "The Security Council's failure ...

Tasnim Irans president reminded the US government of the failure and subsequent isolation it will have to suffer in its push for the extension of a UN arms embargo on the Islamic Republic, and warned of the consequences that the initiator of the plan is going to face. Speaking at a cabinet session on Wednesday, President Hassan Rouhani said Tehran ...

Tasnim The United States backed away from a hardline resolution and streamlined its bid to get the UN Security Council to extend an arms embargo on Iran. The new text, seen by Reuters, is just four paragraphs and would extend a weapons ban on Iran until the Security Council decides otherwise, stating that is essential to the maintenance of international ...

MNA Repeating allegations against Tehran, US representative for Iran affairs Brian Hook said that Washington will continue efforts to extend the UN arms embargo on Iran which is due to expire in October. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat, the US official said that the White House has a plan and tries to attract the votes of permanent and non-permanent ...

MNA - A member of Expediency Council Hojjatoleslam Gholamreza Mesbahi Moghadam said that Moscow and Beijing will voice their opposition to the extension of Iran arms embargo at UN Security Council. Speaking in an interview with Mehr News Agency on Tue., he noted that such an extension would be contrary to Resolution 2231 and that China and Russia ...

Press TV - Having failed to convince the UN Security Council (UNSC) to extend an arms embargo on Iran, the United States is stepping up a lobbying campaign at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in line with its push to kill the 2015 nuclear deal and put more pressure on Tehran. The US State Department said in a statement that Brian Hook,...

Reuters - The United States faces a tough, messy battle if it uses a threat to trigger a return of all United Nations sanctions on Iran as leverage to get the 15-member Security Council to extend and strengthen an arms embargo on Tehran, diplomats said. Washington has shared its strategy, confirmed by a U.S. official speaking on condition of anonymity,...