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Lift arms embargo or the nuke deal gets it, Iran tells UN

30 June 2020, 9:02 pm 0 Edit

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif tells the UN Security council that failing to lift an arms embargo on the Islamic Republic by October 18 will bury what it left of the nuclear accord.

“The timetable for the removal of arms restrictions embodied in Resolution 2231 is an inseparable part of the hard-won compromise,” Zarif says, referring to the 2015 resolution that was passed in parallel to the nuclear deal and set the timeline for lifting the weapons ban.

“Any attempt to change or amend the agreed timetable is thus tantamount to undermining Resolution 2231 in its entirety,” he says.

— with AFP