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Pompeo warns any arms sales to Iran will result in sanctions as embargo expires

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday that the U.S. will levy sanctions for selling arms to Iran even as the United Nations embargo against sales to the nation expires.

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Iran can purchase tanks and jets after expiry of UN arms embargo

Iran can once again purchase tanks and fighter jets after the expiry of a UN arms embargo on Sunday. The US had sought to keep the embargo in place amid concern that Tehran could now begin to build up its armed forces. The Islamic Republic will not, however, immediately begin a spending spree, according to a statement from he Iranian foreign ministry on Sunday. “Iran’s defence doctrine is premised on strong reliance on its people and indigenous …

4 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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Reuters

Iran, no need to run to procure weapons at the end of UN sanctions

[Dubai, 18th Reuters] --- Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs is independent in the field of defense and needs to procure weapons as the UN Security Council sanctions banning Iran's arms trade expire on the 18th. He stated that he did not. "Iran's defense policy presupposes its own people and its own abilities. There is no rush to buy non-conventional weapons, weapons of mass destruction, and conventional weapons in Iran's defense policy," a stat…

4 years ago·United Kingdom

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CBC News

United Nations arms embargo on Iran expires despite objections of U.S.

A decade-long UN arms embargo on Iran that barred it from purchasing foreign weapons, such as tanks and fighter jets, expired Sunday as planned under its nuclear deal with world powers, despite objections from the United States, which insists the ban remains in place.

4 years ago·Canada

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NDTV

US Warns Of Sanctions For Any Arms Sales To Iran After Embargo Expires

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday said that arms sales to Iran would breach UN resolutions and result in sanctions, after Tehran said the longstanding UN embargo on arms trade with the Islamic republic had expired.

4 years ago·New Delhi, India

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Daily Express

WW3: Iran BLASTS ‘unlawful and malign’ US as international arms embargo is LIFTED

IRAN has praised the lifting of weapons restrictions on the country last week as "momentous" whilst blasting the US for attempting to keep the arms embargo in place.

4 years ago·United Kingdom

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Irish Independent

UN arms embargo on Iran expires despite US objections

A decade-long UN arms embargo on Iran, barring it from purchasing foreign weapons like tanks and fighter jets, expired yesterday as planned under its nuclear deal with world powers. There have been objections from the United States, which insists the ban remains in place.

4 years ago·Ireland

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