The United States has circulated a draft U.N. resolution that would indefinitely extend a U.N. arms embargo on Iran set to expire in October, a move almost certain to spark opposition from Russia, which has made no secret of its desire to resume conventional weapons sales to Tehran, U.S. officials and U.N. diplomats said Tuesday.

The draft document, which as of Tuesday had been circulated only to a small number of Security Council members, would strike the expiration of the arms embargo from the council resolution that endorsed the 2015 nuclear deal between six major powers and Iran, according to Trump administration officials and U.N. diplomats, who were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.

The U.S. officials said the aim is to present the resolution for a vote in May when Estonia, a NATO member and close U.S. ally that is not party to the nuclear deal, holds the rotating presidency of the Security Council.

The arms embargo was not a part of the landmark 2015 accord, but Iran has long sought its removal and its expiration was included in the council resolution as a reward for Iranian compliance with the agreement's nuclear restrictions. Since Iran is admittedly no longer complying with several elements of the nuclear deal, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency, the administration believes it has a case to make that the embargo should not be lifted, the officials said.

Still, any attempt to extend the embargo will likely face stiff opposition from Russia and China, two veto-wielding permanent members of the Security Council who have argued it should be removed and want to resume arms sales to Iran. Russia has been more outspoken on the matter and has derided U.S. attempts to bring the matter up for discussion, criticizing President Donald Trump for withdrawing the U.S. from the nuclear deal in 2018 and re-imposing tough American sanctions on Iran.

Despite that opposition, which is almost certain to see the American effort fail, the U.S. officials said the administration is not planning at this point to raise the controversial matter of “snapback” – or restoring all U.N. sanctions against Iran that had been lifted or eased under the terms of the 2015 deal.

Although the administration pulled out from the deal two years ago, the U.S. maintains that it retains the right to invoke a sanctions snapback that the deal envisaged in the event of “significant non-performance” by Iran.

Source:https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/04/28/world/asia/ap-un-united-nations-us-iran-arms-embargo.html

It's like Iran is giving these people nightmares. Everyday Iran Iran with their corona virus woes.

Oga go and report them to ur darling mother Russia or they no more powerful as u used to hail dem again?

Antiochus:
It's like Iran is giving these people nightmares. Everyday Iran Iran with their corona virus woes.

Lol. America knows it won't materialise Russia and China will veto such attempt. The arms embargo is not even part of the nuclear deal Iran and western powers reached in 2015 and it will expire in some months to come.

And this is just a futile attempt because the country is self sufficient they build their defence equipments locally. What they would like to add to it now are Russian fighter jets and the S-400 which i believe America really dreads. If Russia and China veto this move America would resort to threat as usual, threaten Russia and China with sanctions should both countries sell defence equipment to Iran.

The military satellite Iran launched last week was a big shock to America the question of how Iran was able to launch a satellite configured with military modules amidst crippling sanctions is what they still find difficult to answer.

They are busy arming Saudi Arabia, UAE and Israel but it is a sin for Russia and China to sell weapons to Iran. Lol